A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. ^O 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Mediterranean countries generally, north 

 to Rhine valley, Lower Austria and foot of Transylvanian Alps. 

 Replaced by allied forms in various parts of Asia. 



EMBERIZA CIOIDES 



50. Emberiza cioides castaneiceps Moore — THE EAST 



SIBERIAN MEADOW-BUNTING. 



Emberiza castaxeiceps Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855, p. 215 



(China). 



Emberiza cioides (nee Brandt), Saunders, p. 215. 



Distribution. — England. — One caught alive Flamborough Chffs 

 (Yorks.) Xov., 1886 (c/. Ibis, 1889, pp. 293-294 and 296.) 



Distribution. — Abroad. — East Siberia, Manchuria, and Corea, 

 ■wintering in China. Replaced by E. c. cioides in west Siberia, 

 and hy E. c. ciopsis in Japan. 



EMBERIZA RUSTICA 



51. Emberiza rustica PaU.— THE RUSTIC-BUNTING. 



Emberiza rustica Pallas, Reise d. verseh. Prov. d. Russ. Reichs, ni, 



p. 698 (1776— Transbaikalia). 



Emberiza rustica Pallas, Yarrell, 11, p. 29 ; Saunders, p. 217. 



Distribution. — Great Britain. — Five England, six Scotland. 

 Englaiid. — One near Brighton (Sussex) Oct. 23, 1867. One Holder- 

 ness (Yorks.) Sept. 17, 1881. One Elstree (Herts.) Xov. 19, 

 1882 (Saunders, p. 217). One Westfield (Sussex) Sept. 22, 1902. 

 One near Seaton Sluice (Xorthumberland) sometime previous to 

 Dec, 1904. One 5ee?i Lines. {cf.Brit. B.. i, pp. 248-9). Scotland.— 

 Pair Torphins (Aberdeen) end :\Iarch. 1905. ]Male Cape Wrath 

 (Sutherland) May 11, 1906 (c/. f.c, i, p. 249). Single birds 

 spring and autumn, 1908, Fair Inle {cf. op.c, 11, p. 423). One 

 autunm, 1809, Fair Isle {cf. op.c, iv, p. 290). 



DISTRIBUTI0^i . — Abroad. — From east Finland throughout Siberia 

 to Kamtschatka. On migration through Manchuria and Mongolia 

 to Japan, China, Turkestan, casual in Europe (Sweden, Austria, 

 Germany, Heligoland, south France, Italy, Holland). 



EMBERIZA PUSILLA 



52. Emberiza pusilla Pall.— THE LITTLE BUNTING. 



Emberiza pusilla Pallas, Reise d. verseh. Prov. d. Pvuss. Reichs, iir, 



p. 697 (1776— Transbaikalian Alps). 



Emberiza pusilla Pallas, Yarrell, 11, p. 34 ; Saunders, p. 219. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — About six England, seventeen 

 Scotland, and one Ireland. England. — One Brighton (Sussex) 



