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ORTOLAN BUNTING. 
in Britain ; and although not easily distinguished, 
so as to be sought out from any parties of its con- 
geners, there can be no doubt of its being very 
far from common. In Scotland, or Ireland', it has 
not been recorded. The Ortolan ranges over the 
European continent, but not abundantly ; among 
the dealers in France, we did not find it a species 
at all times to be obtained. It extends out of 
Europe to Northern Africa, and to the Dukhun 
in India. 
A specimen from the Continent, before us, has 
the following distribution of colours : — The head 
and nape are grayish green ; the shafts of the 
feathers dark ; the back is of a dull chestnut 
brown, having the centre of each feather streaked 
with dark blackish brown ; the wings are umber 
brown, the secondaries and coverts edged with 
reddish brown ; the quills margined with yellow- 
ish white ; tail of the same shade with the wings, 
the centre feathers tinted with reddish and with 
pale margins, and the two outer feathers with 
the usual white patch on the inner webs ; the 
chin and throat are pale lemon yellow, with an 
indication of a dark stripe from the base of each 
maxilla ; the remaining under parts are very pale 
reddish brown, on the breast marked with an 
indistinct dark streak in the centre of each fea- 
ther. 
Reed Bunting, Emberiza sch.enicui.us. — 
Emberiza schceniculus, Linn. Sfc. — Reed, or Black- 
