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base of lower mandible. Tarsus flesh 

 colored. Iris brown. 



Crown gray streaked with black. 

 Back reddish gray, with long black 

 spots. Scapulars and rump uniform 

 rufous. Throat white bordered with 

 two blackish stripes. A white spot 

 on each side of the neck, some- 

 times united on the breast. This is 

 followed by a more or less broken 

 band of rufous. Lower breast and 

 abdomen creamy white. Wings and tail 

 feathers black, edged rufous buff, except 

 the outer tail feathers which are mostly 

 white. 



Distrihution. — Siberia, China, Japan, 

 and India. Kesident in the Yangtse 

 Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — The nest is placed 

 in a clump of grass on the slopes of the 

 hills. It is a fragile cup of grass and 

 roots, lined with finer material and 

 some hair. There are four or five 

 grayish white eggs, spotted and streak- 

 ed with brown and gray. 



THE EUSTIC BUNTING. 



EMBEEIZA EUSTICA, PALLAS. 



Description. — Length five and one 

 half inches. Bill brown on the upper 

 mandible, greenish yellow below. 

 Tarsus yellowish brown. Iris brown. 



Crown black streaked with light 

 brown. Cheeks and ear coverts nearly 

 black. Large yellowish white eye- 

 brow. Under parts white, with the 

 exception of a broad pectoral band of 

 chestnut. Flanks and sides of the 

 body have some chestnut markings. 

 Upper parts chestnut, the feathers of 

 the back broadly edged lighter. Eump 

 nearly uniform chestnut. Lesser 



