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yellowish eyebrow, and the head is 

 rufous brown, yellowish on fche ear 

 coverts and throat. 



Males in November show inter- 

 mediate plumage. 



The Female is similar to the male in 

 winter plumage, and has some black 

 spots on the foreneck. 



Distribution. — Japan and China. 

 Winter visitant in the Yangtse Valley. 



THE EEED BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA PALLASI (CABINIS). 

 Description. — Length five and three 

 tenths inches. Bill dark brown, edges 

 of lower mandible lighter. Tarsus 

 pinkish brown. Iris brown. 



Male. — In summer he has a black 

 head and a large black patch on the 

 throat and upper breast. The wings 

 are black with more or less distinctly 

 white edges. The nape, rump, and 

 under parts are white. 



In lointer the black is not so 

 marked, and the white nape is 

 obscured by the feathers being tipped 

 with yellowish brown. 



The female lacks the black head and 

 throat, though there is a tawny black 

 band on each side of the throat. The 

 nape is gray. 



Distribution. — Europe and Asia. 

 Winter visitant in the Yangtse Valley. 

 Notes. — These little Buntings are 

 commonly found in the dry reeds of the 

 marshes in the winter, usually singly 

 or several in the same neighborhood. 

 They are not very shy, and make quite 

 short flights, when disturbed, rarely 

 leaving the patch of reeds, however 

 small it may be. When alarmed, how- 

 ever, they are quite adept at hiding, 

 and are very difficult to flush. 



