"8 BRITISH BIRDS, WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS 



R. W. Chase, of Birmingham : there seems, however, to be some question as to 

 the date of capture ; * and, in any case, it appears to me to have no claim to be 

 called a British species. 



Family FRINGILLIDsE. Subfamily EMBERIZIN^.. 



THE RUSTIC BUNTING. 



Emberiza rustica, PALLAS. 



AN accidental straggler to our shores, of which the first example was captured 

 near Brighton, on October 23rd, 1867, the second was shot on the Holder- 

 ness coast, Yorkshire, on September iyth, 1881, and the third captured at Elstree 

 reservoir, near London, on November, 1882. 



Family FRINGILLIDJE. Subfamily EMBERIZINsE. 



THE LITTLE BUNTING. 



Emberiza pusilla, PALLAS. 



ONE specimen was captured near Brighton, on November and, 1864. At best 

 it can only be regarded as a very rare and chance wanderer to Great 

 Britain, although there is no reason why it should not occasionally visit us. 



* Vide "Zoologist," 1891, p. 363. where this specimen is stated to have been obtained in November, 1886. 



