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buff, which conceals the black on the head of the male, and the underparts 
are also tinged with buff, especially on the breast ; the eye-stripe and nape- 
patch are also buffy white. Birds of the year appear to be distinguished 
from adults by having the throat spotted and the chest-band intermixed with 
blackish brown; and males may be known from females by having black 
bases to the feathers of the head. The female Rustic Bunting differs from 
the female Little Bunting in having less chestnut on the head and more 
on the rest of the upper parts. 
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