Ill 



The eggs of the western form, E. cidides cioides Brandt, are very similar, 

 but occasionally the ground colour is of a warmer tint. Average size of 28 eggs 

 (9 by Hartert, 6 by Taczanowski, and 13 by the writer) 20.26 x 15.6 mm., Max. 

 22X16.1 and 19X16.5 mm., Min. 19X15.2 and 20x14.7 mm. Eggs figured in 

 Journ. f. Ornith. 1873, Tab. II, fig. 25, 26.] 



54. Rustic Bunting, Eml)eriza rustica Pall. 



Plate 14, fig. 7 (Sotkamo, Finland, 19. VI. 87). 



Eggs: Baedeker, Tab. 12, fig. 13 (nee 12), 76, fig. 10. Seebohm, 

 Br. Birds, pi. 68 (nee 15); id. Col. Fig., pi. 58. Newton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1897, pi. LI, fig. 8, 9. 



Foreign Names: Denmark: Bondeverling. Finland: PohjansirhJcu. 

 Germany: Waldammer. Helgoland: Boad-striiked Nieper. Holland: Boscli- 

 gors. Italy: Zigolo hoschereccio. Norway: Vidjespurv. Poland: Posivierka 

 tzypregoiva. Sweden: Videsparf. 



Emberiza rustica PaU. Newton, ed. YarreU, 11, p. 29; Dresser, Birds 

 of Europe, IV, p. 229; id. Man. Pal. Birds, p. 362; Saunders, Man., p. 217; 

 Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 188. 



Breeding Range: Norrland in Sweden, E. Finland and N. Russia. 

 [Also Siberia to Kamtschatka. (?)] 



Apparently this species is extending its range westward, but as it is Con- 

 partial to swampy forest it is possible that its presence has been frequently ^^ j" g 

 overlooked. It is found nesting, though sparingly, in the forests of N. 

 Russia as far as lat 62° N. in the Urals, and occurs near Archangel, but 

 is much less common than E. pusilla. It is also said to have bred in 

 N. W. Russian Lapland, and in 1867 was found nesting in E. Finland. 

 Since that time a good many nests have been taken there, chiefly in the 

 neighbourhood of Sotkamo (S. Ule^borg). In Sweden a pair were shot 

 by B. Fries on May 20, 1821 at Haparanda, and a young bird near LuleA, 

 on September 6, 1885; but definite proof of its breeding there was not 

 forthcoming till July 1899, when unfledged young were found in Norrland. 

 In 1902 a nest with 4 young was found in the Degenfors district in 

 Westerbotten, and since then it has also been ascertained to breed in 

 Norbotten. [East of the Urals it appears to be scarce in the Yenesei 

 valley, though Seebohm shot one in lat. 62" N., but common in Trans- 

 baikalia and Amurland; it was met with by Middendorff in the Stanowoi 

 Mts., and is also found in Kamtschatka.] 



Built of grasses and bents, and placed on the ground or low down Nest, 

 in bushes, in openings of swampy coniferous forests. 



Usually 4 or 5 in number, occasionally 6. In character they resemble Eggs, 

 somewhat the eggs of the Reed Warbler, and are entirely devoid of the 

 usual hair lines and streaks so frequently found in Buntings' eggs, appro- 



