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chestnut ; a deep black stripe bordering the crown on either side, 
broadening as it proceeds backwards ; back, rump, and upper 
wing-coverts dark brown, bordered with light brown and chest- 
nut ; quills, greater and lesser coverts dark brown, the former 
margined with light brown and the latter with greyish-white, 
tipped with light buff, forming two bars across the wing; 
tail-feathers dark brown, with paler edges, except two outer- 
most feathers, which have considerable elongated patches of 
white on inner webs ; deneath white, streaked on breast and 
flanks with black ; chin pale chestnut ;_ bill dark brown, paler 
beneath ; legs, feet and irides dark brown. Length 5 inches ; 
eculmen O35; wie 2-8; tail 2-3; tarsus 0°75. 
Adult Female (Summer): Very similar to male, but 
shows less bright chestnut on the head; crown stripes broader 
and brown instead of black ; less chestnut on chin and band 
across chest less clearly defined. 
Adult (Winter): Has feathers of upper parts bordered 
with dull brown, somewhat obscuring the dark streaks ; under 
parts washed, especially on breast and flanks, with buff. 
Young (Autumn): Resemble adult female, but feathers 
of upper parts are more rufous, dark stripes less clearly 
defined and under parts just tinged with rufous. 
Distribution: Summer visitant to North-eastern Europe 
and Siberia, wintering in India and China. Of casual occur- 
rence in many European countries. 
Habitat : Damp bush-covered localities ; occasionally larch 
woods. 
REED BUNTING. ve 
Emberiza schceniclus Zz. 
Adult Male (Summer) : Crown, sides of head, chin and 
throat black ; a white line runs from billon either side of throat, 
joining a white collar, which again is bordered with grey ; dack 
feathers browmnish-black, bordered with bay and ochreous ; 
rump and upper tail-coverts brownish-black marked with iron- 
grey; quills dark brown, margined with yellowish-white ; 
upper wing-coverts chiefly ochreous ; secondaries very broadly 
margined with reddish-brown ; tail dark brown, two central 
feathers having broad pale edges; outermost rectrices mar- 
gined externally with white, and patched with same on inner 
