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Head black, with a white median 

 stripe, a white eyebrow, and a white 

 streak on the cheeks. Back olive 

 brown and black. Eump rufous. 

 Throat black. Breast grayish white, 

 tinged rufous. Abdomen whitish, 

 with light brown streaks. Flanks 

 yellowish. 



Females quite similar, but the 

 colors are less distinct. 



DistrihiUion, — China. A migrant in 

 the the Yangtse Valley, rarely occur- 

 ring in large numbers in any one 

 place. 



THE CHESTNUT BUNTING. 



EMBEEIZA CIOIDES, TBMM. 



Description. — Length five and one 

 half inches. Bill bluish black, paler 

 on lower mandible. Tarsus light 

 yellow. Iris hazel. 



Crown and nape chestnut. A white 

 eyebrow, and a black moustache. 

 Auriculars dark rufous. Chin and 

 throat grayish white, with a tiny 

 black spot on the chin. Sides of 

 neck ashy gray. A dark rufous band 

 on the breast. Abdomen and under 

 tail coverts whitish. Back rufous 

 brown mixed gray. Rump and 

 scapulars rufous. 



Female similar, but duller. 



DistrihUion. — China, Mongolia, and 

 eastern Siberia. Resident in the 

 Yangtse Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — The nest is usually 

 placed in a small pine. It is built of 

 grasses, roots, hair and similar 

 materials. There are from three to five 

 grayish white eggs, variously marked 

 with brown and violet gray. There 

 are two broods in a season. 



