53. EMBEHIZA. 495 



broken. Total length 5-3 inches, culmen Oo, wing 2-75, tail 2-3, 

 tarsus 0*8. 



Adult male in winter plumage. More rufescent than in summer, 

 the whole of the upper surface having broad fulvous or rufescent 

 edges to the feathers ; the head like the back and streaked with black 

 in the same way ; beneath the rufesent aspect of the feathers, the 

 whole of the approaching summer plumage, i. e. the grey head, &c., 

 can be traced ; ear-coverts chestnut ; lores, feathers round the eye, 

 and cheeks tawny buff, the latter with a black line above and below ; 

 entire under surface yellowish buff, the black collar on the throat 

 indicated by a number of black spots and streaks ; the chestnut band 

 on the breast similarly indicated ; flanks browner and distinctly 

 streaked with black : " upper mandible brown, lower mandible 

 fleshy pink ; legs and feet fleshy pink ; iris brown " (A. 0. Hume). 

 Length 6*3 inches, wing 2*8, tail 2-5, tarsus - 5 (measured in the 

 flesh by A. 0. H.). 



Other males, shot on the 20 th of February, in Manipur, by 

 Mr. Hume, had the " legs and feet dull fleshy pink, brownish on 

 the joints and claws ; bill palish brown, paler and with a pinky 

 tinge on all but the tip of the lower mandible," and " upper mandible 

 brown, the lower one bluish horny pink ; iris brown." 



Young birds in first w inter plumage. Greatly resemble the winter 

 plumage of the adults, being fulvous brown above, streaked with 

 black ; the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts more chestnut, 

 only the latter being streaked with black ; the under surface is 

 ochreous buff, streaked on the lower throat with black, the sides of 

 the upper breast showing a more or less concealed shade of chestnut : 

 " legs and feet pale fleshy ; upper mandible brown, the lower one 

 pale fleshy whitish " (A. 0. Hume). 



Hub. Eastern Siberia and Japan, and plentiful in Central and 

 Eastern China ; resident in the N.W. Himalayas ; migrates in 

 winter to Southern China, the Burmese countries, and the plains of 

 India. Accidental in Europe. 



a, b. cj ad. ; c. $ Anioor-LandVAIay. Purchased, 



ad. sk. 



d. <J jnv. hiem. Yokohama, Japan. Prof. Milne [C.]. 



e. A*d. hiem. sk. Hakodadi, Oct. 20 (U. Whitely). Gould Coll. 

 /. c? ad. sk. Hakodadi, May 8 (H. Whitely). Gould Coll. 



ff. Juv. hiem. sk. Hakodadi, Oct. 4 (//. Whitely). Henry Whitely [C.J. 



h. 3 ad. sk. South Manchuria, June 9, 1886. H. E. M. James, Esq. 



[P.]. _ 



i. Juv. hiem. sk. Shanghai. Shanghai Museum. 



A\ Juv. hiem. sk. Canton. Gould Coll. [P.]. 



I. $ a d- hiem. Hainan, Feb. Consul Swinnoe [C.]. 



sk. 



m. rf ad. hiem. Hainan, Feb. (R. Stcinhoe). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



sk. 



n. (5 ad. sk. Shupyun, N. Cashmere, June Hume Coll. 



13, 1871 ( W. E. Brooks), 



o. $ ad. sk. Dhurmsala, May 1870 ( W. Hume Coll. 



E. B.). 



