RUSTIC BUNTING. 



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buff, which conceals the black on the head of the male, and the underparts 

 are also tinged with buff, especially on the breast ; the eye-stripe and nape- 

 patch are also buffy white. Birds of the year appear to be distinguished 

 from adults by having the throat spotted and the chest-band intermixed with 

 blackish brown ; and males may be known from females by having black 

 bases to the feathers of the head. The female B.ustic Bunting differs from 

 the female Little Bunting in having less chestnut on the head and more 

 on the rest of the upper parts. 



