240 BRITISH BIRDS. 



much obscured by the grey fringes of the feathers, as 

 is a white spot at the base of the throat. The belly is 

 white as well as the flanks, the latter being streaked 

 with chestnut. The centre of the crown is greyish-white, 

 and the rest of the upper-parts are much hke those in 

 the Yellow Bunting, but are more chestnut, not so 

 yellowish. In summer the bird becomes markedly 

 different by the abrasion of the feathers. The throat, 

 lores, and a streak over and behind the eye becoming 

 rich chestnut, ear-coverts white, centre of the crown 

 white, and the rest of the top of the head black. A 

 broad patch of white at the base of the throat is con- 

 spicuous, and the chestnut on the upper-breast and flanks 

 as well as on the upper-parts is very much brighter, 

 owing to the wearing off of the grey tips of the feathers. 



The female more nearly resembles that of the Yellow 

 Bunting, but the yellow on the under-parts (including 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts) and top of the head, 

 is replaced by greyish-white, and the upper-breast and 

 flanks are marked with chestnut. 



The Pine-Bimting breeds from west Siberia (Ural) 

 to east Siberia, and migrates to China, Mongolia, 

 Turkestan, and casually to Europe (Italy, Dalmatia, 

 Russia, south France, Austria, Hehgoland). 



The Thrush-Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia (L.) = 

 Daulias philomela auct. 



In our last number Mr. L. A. C. Edwards gave us a 

 record of a Thrush-Nightingale or Sprosser (supra^ 

 p. 224), which must, we think, be considered as a very 

 doubtful one, as there is no certainty that the locahty 

 marked on the case really referred to the bird which was 

 found in it. The specimen obtained at Smeeth (Kent) 

 on October 22nd, 1904 (c/. Vol. I., p. 8) has been con- 

 sidered as a doubtfully genuine migrant, owing to the 

 late date of its occurrence. Dr. Hartert showed at the 

 time that the bird left its breeding-places in August and 

 early September. Nevertheless it may have been a 

 belated migrant. 



