S L A C K : 1 E A B E B B F M T I I & .
Eiaberiza meLano cep liala, {ScopoloJ.
iron» for** Z ift/O K •Stone b jj
B L'A € K - II | | A D E1» B UIVT i NO.
f t !‘re I I aMe » K h a t t t e & tm fM m j f jfe habits and winners of tl.ii
ft.dt.Bg * * has n e t « - * * . | f » f e « virit the British f i l r f , * » , „ &r „ w , re ^ ;
the northern or » * » . ! « » » o f the European ConOrnot, ike middle and .southern Bfeucts ami the
bomer»hne which joins the Asiaiic confines being l|§ native locality.
,M. TepmiMk informs ,ts that it is very abradant in Dalmatia and all over the Levant, and common in
terra and m the environs o f Tneste, he also states that it sings agreeably, nod chooses hedgerows and low
hushes for its place of incubation, ouildmg n r the ground and laying fora or five white eggs, thinly sprinkled
until minute dots, o f a light ash-colour. 1U food consists of seeds, grains, and occasionally insects
In the male the whole o f the head and the cheeks are deep blaeSTTthe sides of theneck, throat, and the
whole o f the under surface o f a fine Kng's-ydiow, the back o f the neck, the seculars and back arc of a rich 1
ntfoiis brown; the rump and tsil-covcrts inclining tpycllc.lv; t’ac.#ings ai <: tail light brown, each feather
having a lighter «¡get; the beak ashy-blue , feet and tarsi light brown ; length about sis inches and a half, i
la the female the whole o f the upper surface is brown, the middle o f each feather incUmW to' black ■ the
throat yellowish white; the. whole of the nnder surface inclining to a yellowish reel.
In all our eollc.rtions tr,rill Wcstern.lndia we receive this specie, in abraitace, o i if S this identical liird,
one very closely allied to it, hafiag all its characters, except that the feathers of «he- head instead of f e e *
entirely. Mack are Lipped with a-grayish brown, and the rest o f the plumage, which in the European Species is
so Vivid and distinct., is loss pure and decided. . W
% speutoras ins* H r i m * « t t i . i to*» ¡ c ol! ti fet |d # o f the Koolagiuil Society
o f London, and wer* rerfi.ed from I|crac. Swistelatn! wo believe to' be the tr«tmn hounds o f its M S t r
In the-annexed Plate ire have figured a male and fatahe in their hpring pjutnags.
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