38 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



Emberiza cioides castaneiceps Moore. 



(^ adult. Crown, face, and ear coverts chestnut, throat and 

 eyebrow white, lores and malar stripe black ; upper parts chest- 

 nut streaked black, rump and upper tail coverts chestnut; beneath 

 pale buff, reddish band on breast. Wing (^ 78-82, 9 73-7^ (H.)- 

 Young as in " cia," but wing coverts tipped buff not grey. 



An Eastern form of " E. c. cioides," the W. Siberian race. 

 Has occurred once in England. 



Emberiza rustica Pallas. Rustic Bunting. Ger. 

 Waldammer ; Swed. Videsparf 



$ Crown, face, and ear coverts black (in winter greyish 

 tipped), post-ocular and occipital patch white ; upper parts chest- 

 nut with grey margins and some black streaks on back ; beneath 

 white, chest band and streaks on flanks chestnut. Bill brown, 

 yellowish below at base. Legs and feet flesh colour. Wing 

 $ 75-835 ? 72-78. Tarsus 18-19. Bill 8-9. $ duller, browner 

 with grey brown margins ; nape, rump, and upper tail coverts 

 chestnut ; chest band incomplete. 



Breeds. — N. Finland and N. Russia and across N. Asia. On 

 migration occasional Sweden ; casual visitor elsewhere in Europe, 

 west to Britain, south to France, Italy and C. Russia. 



Emberiza pusilla Pallas. Little Bunting. Fr. Bruant 

 nain ; Gcr. Zwergammer ; Ital. Zigolo minore ; Swed. Dvagsparf. 



^ $ Above brown with dark streaks, lesser wing coverts 

 brown ; crown (banded on each side broadly with black), face 

 and chin chestnut ; beneath white, streaked dark brown. Bill 

 dark brown above, light below. Legs and feet brown. Wing $ 

 68-74, ? 66-70. Tarsus 17-18. Bill 7-8. 



Breeds.—^. Russia to 68° east of 30^ E. and through Siberia. 

 Occasional in autumn and winter from Scandinavia and Britain to 

 Spain, Algeria, Malta, Turkey. 



Emberiza striolata saharae Levaillant. House 

 Bunting. 



^ Above reddish brown with darker centres on back ; crown 

 and throat greyish, streaked ; lores and post-ocular stripe blackish ; 

 eyebrow white and narrow ; breast and underparts cinnamon 

 brown. Bill dark brown above, paler below. Legs and feet 



