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brown ; wing-coverts edged with sandy-buff, and not tipped 
with white. 
Range in Great Britain. — A rare and accidental visitor. Has 
occurred three or four times : near Brighton; in Yorkshire ; and 
near London. 
Range ontside the British Islands. — A Siberian bird, extending 
to the Pacific, and wintering plentifully in China. In the 
winter it wanders westward, and has been taken in most of 
the countries of Europe. It occurs as far west as Finland up 
to 64° N. lat, near Archangel to 65°, in the Urals to 62°, 
and Mr. Seebohm met with it on the Yenesei at the same 
latitude. 
Habits. — These are described as resembling those of the 
Reed-Bunting, the bird frequenting the marshy pine-woods of 
Northern Europe. It is said to have quite a melodious song. 
Seat. — Described by Mr. Dresser as a carelessly-built struc- 
ture, made entirely of fine wiry grass. 
Eggs. — According to Mr. Dresser, these are like those of the 
Reed-Bunting, but the ground-colour is white, with a warm, 
almost reddish, tinge. The markings are redder than those 
of the above-named bird, bolder, and chiefly collected in 
a zone round the larger end of the egg. The two eggs in 
the Seebohm Collection from Archangel are greenish-white, 
mottled and clouded all over with greenish-brown, these 
mottlings distributed over the entire egg. Axis, o'8 inch ; 
diam., o'6. 
the black-headed bunting. emberiza melanocephala. 
Emberiza melanocephala , Scop., Ann., i., p. 142 (1769) ; Dresser, 
B. Eur., iv., p. 15 1, pi. 206 (1872); B. O. U. List Br. B., 
p. 59 (1883); Seeb., Br. B., ii., p. 165 (1884); Sharpe, 
Cat. B. Br. Mus., xii., p. 503 (1888) ; Saunders, Man., p. 
197 (1889). 
Euspiza melanocephala , Newt. ed. Yarr., ii., p. 64 (1876). 
Adult Male. — Light bay colour above, paler on the rump, 
which is orange-chestnut. A collar round the hind-neck, as 
well as the entire under surface, golden-yellow ; no streaks on 
the sides of the body ; upper mandible blackish; head black, 
