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buff sparsely streaked and the breast is darker and more 

 heavily streaked, while the flanks have fine streaks. Sexes 

 alike. 



First winter and summer. — The juvenile body-feathers, 

 wing-coverts and innermost secondaries are moulted in 

 September and October, but not the primary-coverts or 

 tail, nor rest of the wing-feathers. The male then much 

 resembles the adult female, but its crown is browner, its 

 throat paler and its upper-breast greyer and more streaked. 

 T^ho female has a brown and streaked crown like the mantle, 

 the breast is buffer and more heavily streaked and the flanks 

 have fine streaks. 



Meadow-Bunting {Emberiza cia ci'a). 



Adults. — Complete moult in early autumn. No moult in 

 spring. Abrasion has little effect, but the crown and sides 

 of the head and the throat become purer grey. The male 

 and female are much alike, but the grey of the crown and 

 throat of the female is not so pure and the dark streaks are 

 browner, while the mantle, breast and belly are paler. 



Juvenile. — In the juvenile the crown is broAvnish-buff 

 streaked with black, the rump is streaked, the ear-coverts 

 are buffish-brown, the throat is buff and the rest of the under- 

 parts rufous-buff streaked with black-brown on the breast 

 and flanks. 



First winter and summer. — The juvenile body-feathers 

 and wing-coverts are moulted in early autumn but not the 

 primary-coverts, tail- or wing-feathers. The wale then 

 becomes much like the adult female, while the female has a 

 browner crown with only the bases of the feathers grey, the 

 ear-coverts are buftish-brown, the throat and breast are 

 heavily washed with buff and speckled with dark brown and 

 the flanks are slightly streaked. 



Siberian Meadow-Bunting {Emberiza cioides castaneiceps). 

 Adults. — Complete moult in September and October. 

 From March to May there is a partial moult confined to the 

 chin, ear-coverts, under the eye and lores. As there is no 

 evidence of this moult in many specimens, it is possibly 

 irregular in occurrence. Abrasion has little effect except that 

 in the male the crown, mantle and breast-band become 

 brighter chestnut. The female does not greatly differ from 

 the male, but its upper-parts and the ear-coverts are browner 

 and less chestnut, the throat is not such a pure ash-grey and 

 the rest of the under-parts are paler. 



