102 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
Young in first plumage: Similar but more ochreous 
brown above, under parts ochggous, becoming clearer yellow 
on centre of breast, which es streaked ; flanks also 
streaked with rich brown. 
Distribution: Summer visitant to Northern Asia and 
Northern Russia, wintering in China, the Himalayas, and 
occurring rarely in Southern Europe. 
Habitat: Damp regions among undergrowth, also on dry, 
bushy plains. 
RUSTIC BUNTING. 
Emberiza rustica /al/. 
Adult Male (Summer): Cvown and sides of head d/ack, 
superciliary stripe and throat white; chest-band bright bay ; 
back and scapulars reddish-brown, mottled with. black and 
bordered broadly with buff; rump rich bay; wings dark 
brown, bordered with buff and crossed by two white bars ; 
tail dark brown, outermost pair of feathers chiefly white ; 
breast and abdomen white ; flanks broadly streaked with bay ; 
top of bill brown, yellowish beneath; legs and feet flesh- 
coloured ; irides dark brown. Length 55 inches ; culmen 0°35 ; 
wing 3°2; tail 2°4; tarsus 0°75. 
Adult Female (Summer) : Generally duller: brown on 
the head, where on the male black appears ; bay collar much 
duller ; superciliary stripe smaller and throat buffish ; rump 
as bright as in the male. 
Young Male (Autumn): Similar to female, but decidedly 
paler on the head, nape marked with bay ; chin, throat, sides 
of neck and chest buffish, with bay spots across latter; rump 
and thighs broadly marked with bay. 
Distribution: Breeds in North-eastern Europe, occasion- 
ally straggling westward ; ranges across Siberia to Japan, and 
occurs in winter southward to China. 
Habitat: Cultivated regions ; fir woods. Dense scrub. 
LITTLE BUM EING.-o 
Emberiza pusilla Fal. 
Adult Male (Summer): Cvown and sides of head 
