BRITISH BIRDS. I45 
THE BLACK-HEADED BUNTING. 
REED BUNTING, OR REED SPARROW. 
( Emberiza Sch<znic!us, Lin . — U Ortolan de Rofeaux y Buff.) 
This bird is about the fize of the Yellow Bun- 
ting: Its eyes are hazel; the head, throat, fore 
part of the neck, and break are black, which is 
divided by a white line from each corner of the 
bill, palling downward a little , 4 and meeting on 
the back part of the neck, which it almoB encir- 
cles ; the upper parts of the body and wings are of 
a reddifh brown, with a Break of black down the 
middle of each feather ; the under part of the body 
is white, with brownifh Breaks on the fides ; the 
rump and upper tail coverts blueifh alh colour, 
tnked with brown ; the quills are duflty, edged 
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