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DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Mediterranean countries generally, north 

 to Rhine valley, Lower Austria and foot of Transylvanian Alps. 

 Replaced by allied forms in various parts of Asia. 



EMBERIZA CIOIDES 



50. Emberiza cioides castaneiceps Moore THE EAST 

 SIBERIAN MEADOW-BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA CASTANEICEPS Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855, p. 215 



(China). 



Emberiza cioides (nee Brandt), Saunders, p. 215. 



DISTRIBUTION. England. One caught alive Flamborough Cliffs 

 (Yorks.) Nov., 1886 (cf. Ibis, 1889, pp. 293-294 and 296.) 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. East Siberia, Manchuria, and Corea, 

 wintering in China. Replaced by E. c. cioides in west Siberia, 

 and by E. c. ciopsis in Japan. 



EMBERIZA RUSTICA 



51. Emberiza rustica Pall. THE RUSTIC-BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA RUSTICA Pallas, Reise d. versch. Prov. d. Russ. Reichs, in, 



p. 698 (1776 Transbaikalia). 



Emberiza rustica Pallas, Yarrell, n, p. 29 ; Saunders, p. 217. 



DISTRIBUTION. Great Britain. Five England, six Scotland. 

 England. One near Brighton (Sussex) Oct. 23, 1867. One Holder- 

 ness (Yorks.) Sept. 17, 1881. One Elstree (Herts.) Nov. 19, 

 1882 (Saunders, p. 217). One Westfield (Sussex) Sept. 22, 1902. 

 One near Seaton Sluice (Northumberland) sometime previous to 

 Dec., 1904. One seen Lines, (cf. Brit. B., I, pp. 248-9). Scotland. 

 Pair Torphins (Aberdeen) end March, 1905. Male Cape Wrath 

 (Sutherland) May 11, 1906 (cf. i.e., I, p. 249). Single birds 

 spring and autumn, 1908, Fair Isle (cf. op.c., n, p. 423). One 

 autumn, 1909, Fair Isle (cf. op.c., iv, p'i 290). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. From east Finland throughout Siberia 

 to Kamtschatka. On migration through Manchuria and Mongolia 

 to Japan, China, Turkestan, casual in Europe (Sweden, Austria, 

 Germany, Heligoland, south France, Italy, Holland). 



EMBERIZA PUSILLA 



52. Emberiza pusilla Pall. THE LITTLE BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA PUSILLA Pallas, Reise d. versch. Prov. d. Russ. Reichs, in, 



p. 697 (1776 Trans baikalian Alps). 



Emberiza pusilla Pallas, Yarrell, n, p. 34 ; Saunders, p. 219. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. About six England, seventeen 

 Scotland, and one Ireland. England. One Brighton (Sussex) 



