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EMBEEIZA EUSTICA. 



(RUSTIC BUNTING.) 



Emberiza rustica, Pall. Reis. Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 698 (1776). 



Le Mitilene de Provence, Montb. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 322 (1778). 



Emberiza lesbia, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 882 (1788, ex Montb.). 



Emberiza borealis, Zetterstedt, Resa Sver. och Norr. Lappm. i. p. 107 (1822). 



Spina, Kaup (Emb. lesbia, Gm.), Natiirl. Syst. p. 153 (1829). 



Hypocentor rusticus (Pall.), Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 131, footnote (1850-51). 



Cynchramus rusticus (Pall.), Degl. & Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 329 (1867). 



Cynchrame rustique, French ; Zigolo boschereccio, Italian ; Wald-Ammer, German ; Videsparf, 

 Swedish. 



Figures notabiles. 

 D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 656. fig. 2; Werner, Atlas, Granivores, pi. 25; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. 

 Suppl. taf. 3 ; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 382. figs. 3, 4 ; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. 

 pi. 65. figs. 3, 4; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 177; id. B. of G. Brit. iii. pi. 24 ; Temm. & Schl. 

 Fauna Japon. pi. 58 ; Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. pi. 47. fig. 2. 



<; ad. capitis lateribus et pileo nigris, stria magna, superciliari et plaga nuehali albis : collo imo castaneo cincto : 

 dorso et tectricibus alarum rufescenti-fuscis nigro notatis, plumis cervino marginatis : uropygio et supra- 

 caudalibus castaneis : remigibus nigricantibus cervino marginatis : tectricibus alarum majoribus et 

 medianis albo apicatis fascias duas formantibus : cauda nigro-fusca, rectricibus duabus externis oblique 

 albo notatis : corpore subtiis,- mento et gula albis, hypochondriis castaneo striatis : rostro flavicante, 

 maxilla fusca, : pedibus flavo-carneis : iride fusca. 



2 ad. sordidior nee capite nigro sed saturate fusco cervino notato. 



Ad. ptil. Mem. ubique sordidior, plumis in capite et in corpore supra conspicue cervino marginatis : stria, super- 

 ciliari et plaga nuehali cervino-albidis. 



Adult Male (Ural, 13th June). Crown and sides of the head black, an indistinct greyish white streak 

 passing through the centre of the crown, and a broad white stripe over the eye to the nape ; a large 

 white patch on the nape ; lower neck encircled by a bright bay collar ; back and wing-coverts reddish 

 brown, marked with black, the feathers broadly edged with warm buff; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 rich bay; quills blackish brown, margined with buff; the larger and middle wing-coverts tipped with 

 white, forming two distinct bars across the wing ; tail blackish brown, the outermost feathers on each 

 side having a large oblique white patch, and the next a similar but smaller one ; underparts, except 

 the band across the breast, white, the flanks broadly streaked with deep bay ; bill greyish yellow, 

 the upper mandible browner; legs yellowish flesh; iris deep brown. Total length about 5 - 5 inches, 

 culmen 0'45, wing 31, tail 2 - 4, tarsus 0"8. 



Adult Female (Archangel, June). Differs from the male in being duller in coloration, in having the head, 



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