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mantle warm brown, streaked with black, the lower back and rump deep 

 chestnut ; under parts buffy white, streaked with blackish brown, and in 

 general appearance is very sparrow-like. 



Hob. Kamchatka, Eastern Siberia, Behring and Askold 

 islands; Japan. 



I find nothing on record respecting its habits. It breeds in 

 Kamchatka, and probably also in Northern Japan, but its nest 

 and eggs are as yet unknown. 



522. RUSTIC BUXTIXG. 

 EMBERIZA RUSTICA. 



Emberua rustica, Pall. Eeise B. E. iii. p. 698 (1776) ; Gould, B. of E. 

 iii. pi. 177 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iii. pi. 24 ; id. B. of As. v. pi. 10 ; 

 Naum. xiii. 2 p. 180, Taf. 386, figs. 1, 2 ; Newton, ii. p. 29 ; Dresser, 

 iv. p. 229, pi. 219 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 490 : Tacz. F. 

 O. Sib. 0. p. 572 ; Saunders, p. 217 ; Lilford, iv. p. 20, pi. 11. 



Zigolo boschereccio Ital. ; Waldammer German ; Videsparf> 

 Swed. ; Pohjansirkku Finn. 



$ ad. (N. Eussia). Crown and sides of the head black ; an indistinct 

 greyish white median stripe on the crown ; supercilium and nuchal patch 

 white; lower neck encircled by a bay collar; mantle reddish brown, 

 marked with black, the feathers margined with buff ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts rich bay ; quills blackish brown, margined with buff; wing-coverts 

 tipped with white, forming two alar bars ; tail blackish brown, the two outer 

 feathers wiih an oblique white terminal patch ; under parts white, the 

 flanks broadly streaked with deep bay ; bill brown above, greyish yellow 

 below ; legs yellowish flesh ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0'45, wing 3*1, 

 tail 2'4, tarsus 0'8 inch. The female differs only in being duller in colour 

 in having the black on the head less pure, and marked with buffy white. 

 The young bird resembles that of E. schccnlclus, but is more rufous in 

 colour ; the supercilium and nuchal patch are buffy white, and the bay 

 band across the breast is obscured by buff ; there is also a dark buff stripe 

 through the middle of the crown. 



Hal. N. E. Finland and N. Russia, ranging across Siberia ; 

 on passage and in winter in Japan, Mongolia, Manchuria, 

 China, and Turkestan ; has occurred as a rare straggler in 

 Sweden, Heligoland, Germany, Austria, Italy, S. France, 

 Holland, and has been obtained at least thrice in England. 



Frequents the damp densely bush-covered portions of the 

 forests, and is most difficult to procure, being very restless and 

 active in its movements, continually flitting from tree to tree, 



