138 PASSERES. 



119. EMBERIZA RUTILA. 

 (RUDDY BUNTING.) 



Emheriza rutila, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reiclis, iii. p. 093 (177(>). 



The Ruddy Bunting diflfers from all the other Buntings knoAvii to 

 visit Japan by its combination of three characters : belly yellow, 

 rump chestnut, mantle streaked. 



Figures: Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japouica, Aves, pi. 5G b 

 (male). 



The claim of the Ruddy Bunting to be regarded as a Japanese 

 bird rests solely on a single example figured in the ' Fauna Japonica.' 

 It may be an accidental visitor on migration to the west of Japan, 

 but no second example has been recorded. 



It is an East-Asiatic species, breeding in Eastern Siberia and 

 North Chiua^ and wintering in South China, Cochin China, and 

 Burma. 



120. EMBERIZA AUREOLA. 

 (YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING.) 



Emheriza aureola, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reicbs, ii. p. 711 (1773). 



The male of the Y'ellow-breastcd Bunting is easily recognized by 

 its uniform chestnut back ; and the female is the only Bunting with 

 yellow underparts (known to visit Japan), which has also the whole 

 of the upper parts uniformly streaked. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, iv. pi. 218. 



I have never seen an example of the Yellow-breasted Bunting 

 from Japan, but it is occasionally found in Yezzo in summer (Blakis- 

 ton and Fryer, Trans. As. Soe. Japan, 1882, p. 170). It has been 

 obtained on the south-east coast of Yezzo in May (Blakiston, Chry- 

 santhemum, 1882, p. 120), and has once occurred near Y'okohama 

 (Blakiston and Fryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 21.3). 



This Bunting has a Mide range across Northern Europe and Asia. 

 It winters in China and Burma. 



