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Wk have received beautiful examples o f this rare bird from Dr, €r*u»ehmar o f ' Frankfort,
*?Wiged os with iiumerous other rarities from the fine eolhwtftto muter hi« charm». From Me
of so distxni^ia%? a naturalist having adiU4 ibis interesting bird so she Fmm W Europe,1 as im' ornnioiriU
^ ntt t0 * * 'tw 0 iem and•eastern portion* of that continent, we fed no hesitation in inserting it in tin;
Fhe true habitat of the Emberiza casta are the northern and eastern portions o f Africa, in which countries it
was observed" in abundance by Dr. Fluppell. In the third part of his “ Manuel d’Or.
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roiuck states that “ it inhabits Syria and Egypt; is probably more common in the mid
is supposed to he, where isolated individuals may have beeu taken for varieties o f the k
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found accidentally in Austria and Provence, an individual having been taken near Vienna
We have never seen an example either from India or any o f the islands of the Arch»
staoce would lead ns to conclude that it is almost exclusively confined to the portion of
rioncd, aud in which it will be necessary to seek for hformation relative to its peculiar I
The plumage of&e sexes is fess contrasted than is generally observed in birds of this j
male has .h e jo p of the head, back of the neck, ear-covcrts, nod client grey; a narrow streak of the same c
passes fronr the cheat to the base o f the lower nn.ndil.le j, throat, cheeks, and a narrow band across the for» head
Kgfrt chestnut brown:,..j.|r;r part of the book brown, each feather haring a darker centre; rnu.pnnd n n i „ o f
coeerts brown ,ritl,,,.t. .'.pots; the whole o f the abdomen rich chest,,., brown, ik ru * on she
wiogs dark brown ; ri*n. inrics and ecapnlnriesstrongly edged with %fct I n n , . ......, . ;
dark brown, the outer edges of .he feathers clicstnot, and the ; ....,, - . ,r . , „c ,,, i c ,. ,v;tr
»»'"»»«i aa.fl ipof, i ( black on. a groimd of brammk m whies
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