The Yellow- breasted Bunting 

 THE YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING 



Emberiza aureola, Pallas 



This is an Arctic species, ranging in summer across 

 Siberia eastwards from Archangel ; in winter it migrates to 

 Palestine and Southern Asia. 



An immature female was shot in Norfolk in September 

 1905. 



The adult has the forehead, cheeks, and chin black • 

 rest of upper parts deep reddish brown, brightest on the 

 rump; under parts bright yellow with a narrow chestnut 

 collar across the upper breast. Length 5 in. ; wing S'l in. 

 The female is much duller, and in winter the colours in 

 both sexes are obscured by long greyish margins. 



REED BUNTING 



Emberiza schoeniclus, Linnasus 



The Eeed Bunting is an inhabitant of marshy places 

 where osiers, alders, and long rough sedgy grass and reeds 

 abound, and in such localities it is by no means uncommon. 

 In summer the male may often be seen clinging to some 

 reed stem, as he sings his very short and feeble song. 

 Owing to his black head and white collar, which enable 

 him to be very easily distinguished, he is known in some 

 parts of the country as the Black-headed Bunting. The 

 true Black-headed Bunting is, however, a very different 



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