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109. PASSER MUTILANS. 

 (RUSSET SPAIIBOW.) 



Fringilla rutilans, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, no. ^S^, fig. 2 (1836). 



Tlie Russet Sparrow has the crown and rump chestnut-red in tlie 

 malcj and brown in the female. The throat is black in the male, 

 and there is a buflF eye-stripe extending to the nape in the female. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 50. 



The Russet Sparrow is doubtless a resident in Japan. It is not 

 uncommon in Yezzo, and is occasionally brought into the Yokohama 

 market (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 244). The example 

 figured in the ^ Fauna Japonica^ a,s Passer jnissatus was probably 

 obtained at Nagasaki. There are five examples in the Pryer collec- 

 tion from Yokohama. 



This species has a very restricted range ; it is found in Formosa 

 and in the mountains of Central China, as far west as Moupin in 

 Eastern Thibet. 



110. EMBERIZA CIOPSIS. 

 (BONAPARTE'S JAPANESE BUNTING.) 



Emberiza ciopsis, Bonaparte, Consp. Generum Avium, i. p. 406 (1850). 



Bonaparte's Japanese Bunting has no trace of yellow on the 

 underparts, and the rump and upper tail-coverts are uniform rich 

 chestnut. The combination of these two characters prevents it being 

 confounded with most of the other Buntings which are known to 

 visit Japan, The fact that the nape is almost as conspicuously 

 streaked as the crown will probably complete the diagnosis. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 59 

 (male and female). 



Bonaparte's Japanese Bunting is peculiar to Japan, and is the 

 commonest Bunting on the islands. There is an example from Yezzo 

 in the Swinhoe collection (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 161) ; and there are 

 four-and-twenty from Yokohama in the Pryer collection. Mr. Ringer 

 obtained it at Nagasaki (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 

 1882, p. 1G8) ; and it was observed in abundance by the officers of 

 the Perry Expedition at Simoda (Cassin, Exp. Am. Squad. China 

 Seas and Japan, ii. p. 220). Dr. Henderson obtained it at Hakodadi 

 in October 1857 (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858, p. 192). 



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