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Female. — Lacks the black crown. 

 Yellowish above, streaked with dark 

 brown. Rump yellow. Under parts 

 yellowish white streaked with black. 

 Young birds resemble the female. 



Distribution. — Europe and Asia, 

 Found all over China, wintering some- 

 times even in the north. A winter 

 visitant in the Yangtse Valley. 



A^o^^5.- -This bird is also kept as a 

 cage bird by the Chinese. It is 

 usually caught with bird-lime. 



THE LAPLAND BUNTING. 



CALCAKIU9 LAPPONICUS (lINN.) 



Description. — Length six inches. Bill 

 dull yellow, dusky at the tip. Tarsus 

 dusky. Iris dark brown. 



Male. — Li summer, the plumage is 

 prevailingly black, streaked rufous or 

 white, with the exception of the white 

 abdomen and a I'ufous patch on the 

 back of the neck. 



In If inter, the upper parts are blacker, 

 the back of the neck more rufous, and 

 the breast more heavily marked with 

 black. 



In the /c77iac'c, rufous brown largely 

 takes the place of the black in the male, 

 otherwise she is very similar. 



Distribution — Circumpolar. They 

 occur in flocks on the plains of north 

 China, and pass the Yangtse Valley in 

 migration. 



THE GRAY-HEADED BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA SPODOCEPHALA, PALL. 



Description. — Length four and three 

 quarter inches. Bill brown, whitish 

 on the lower mandible, and black at 

 tip. Tarsus flesh color. Iris brown. 



