. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ad, nape, andauditory regions deep black. The whole of the back,scapularies, and upper wing coverts rich dark russet,tinged with yellow; chin and all the inferior partsbright citron yellow. Wings and tail brown; theprimaries lightly edged with grey. Beak bluish grey;feet yellowish brown. The female, according to Temminck, has all theupper parts of a russet grey; the throat white; inferiorparts reddish white; under tail coverts yellow; greaterwing coverts and the first primaries bordered withreddish grey, having their centr
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ad, nape, andauditory regions deep black. The whole of the back,scapularies, and upper wing coverts rich dark russet,tinged with yellow; chin and all the inferior partsbright citron yellow. Wings and tail brown; theprimaries lightly edged with grey. Beak bluish grey;feet yellowish brown. The female, according to Temminck, has all theupper parts of a russet grey; the throat white; inferiorparts reddish white; under tail coverts yellow; greaterwing coverts and the first primaries bordered withreddish grey, having their centres black. My figures of this bird and its egg are taken fromspecimens kindly sent me by Mr. Tristram. They arefrom Greece. The egg is from a nest of four takenby TV. H. Simpson, Esq., at Missolonghi, January 3,1859. The bird has also been figured by Temminck in hisAtlas; B,oux, Ornith. Pro v.; Giildenstedt, Nov. Com.;Naumann, Naturg. Neue Ausg., pi. 101, f. 2; Gould,Birds of Europe, pi. 172. Four figures of the eggare given in Badekers illustrations of European 29 GRANIVOKE. Family FBINGILLIB^E. (Bonaparte.) Genus Emberiza. (Linnceus.) MARSH BUNTING. Emberiza palustris, Savi. Bonaparte. Temminck. SCHINZ. ScHLEGEL. pyrrhuloides, Pallas. Caspia, Meneteies. Schcenicula pyrrhuloides, Bonaparte. Bruant des Marais, Of the French. Sumpfammer, Of the Germans. Passera di padule, Savi. Specific Characters.—Beak short, thick, and strong, the uppermandible curved; as broad at the base as long. Bump grey,and marked -with brown; under tail coverts white; primariesslightly bordered with russet, the first being shorter than thefourth. Length of a young male sent me by Mr. Gould, seveninches; from carpus to tip three inches and a fifth; beak three-tenths of an inch; tarsus one inch. The Marsh. Bunting is an inhabitant of the southof Europe, being found especially in the south ofFrance, Italy, and Sicily. It was at first described as a distinct species bySavi, in his
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