BUNTINGS 371 



by him, Froc. Zool. Soc, 1870, p. 52. In the collection 

 of Mr. T. J. Monk, of Lewes, through whose courtesy 

 I had an opportunity of examining it. 



Obs. This bird was originally described in 1773 

 by Pallas as a variety of the Alauda calandra of 

 Linnaeus, which it somewhat resembles. Gmelin 

 some years later (1788), distinguished it from that 

 species under the specific name sibirica, indicative 

 of its habitat. 



Fam. EMBERIZID^. 



LITTLE BUNTING. Emheriza pusilla, Pallas. PL 12, 

 fig. 9. Length, 4*75 in. ; bill, 0-4 in. ; wing, 2-75 in. ; 

 tarsus, 0-8 in. 



Hah. Eastern and Southern Europe; Western and 

 Central Asia. Accidental in Western Europe on mi- 

 gration. 



One, Brighton, Nov. 1864: Ibis, 1865, p. 113; specimen 

 exhibited by Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 377, and 

 figured in his " Birds of Great Britain." 



Obs. In June 1877 Seebohm found this bird 

 nesting in the valley of the Yenesei (lat. 66h), where 

 in 1895, and again in 1897, Mr. H. L. Popham 

 procured several nests with eggs. For a coloured 

 figure of the egg see Seebohm's " British Birds," 

 vol. iv. pi. 15. 



RUSTIC BUNTING. Emheriza rustica, Pallas. Length, 

 5 in. ; bill, 0*4 in. ; wing, 3 in. ; tarsus, 0'75 in. 



Hah. Northern and Eastern Europe, Siberia, and 

 Western Asia ; wintering in China. 



