BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Branfct's Siberian Bunting 



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BRANDT'S Siberian Bunting (Emberiza cioides, Moore) is a 

 partially migratory species, an example being taken near 

 Flamborough. It is found in Northern China. 



THE Sky- Lark (Alauda arvensis, Linnaeus) is a generally 

 distributed resident species throughout the British Islands. 

 It is also a resident throughout nearly the whole of the 

 Palearctic Region. The adult male in summer plumage 

 is of various shades of brown, here and there tinged with 

 yellowish-buff. The feathers on the top of the head form 

 a dark brown crest, with paler edges. Upper parts, brown, 

 with darker centres; eye-stripe, buffish; tail-feathers have 

 dark brown centres and edged with tawny ; outer pair, 

 chiefly white ; second pair, white on outer webs ; below, 

 tinged with tawny-buff or rufous, boldly spotted on sides 



