LITTLE BUNTING 



PLATE LXXVII.* FIGURE II. 



Emberiza pusilla, , . . . . . PALLAS. 



THE Little Bunting, which breeds in North-eastern Europe, 

 has only once been recorded in England. 

 The nest is placed on the ground in some rough spot, 

 and is built of dead leaves, and stalks of grass, with moss, 

 and lined with fine grass. 



The eggs have been found five in number, and are 

 described as of a pale grey ground colour, blotted and 

 spotted with reddish brown and dark grey. 



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