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frequently than elsewhere in Western Europe ; for, according to Professor Schlegel, a hen was 

 captured near Leyden on the 18th November, 1842; and Mr. Keulemans, the artist who is 

 illustrating the present work, informed Professor Newton of three other occurrences in Holland : 

 — the first, one bought at Rotterdam in September 1862, which, after living about three 

 months in confinement, died, and is now in the Leyden Museum ; the second was caught by 

 Mr. Keulemans himself in October 1862 ; and the third was found by him in a cage, but the 

 owner refused to part with it. The last record of its occurrence there was of one obtained by 

 Mr. H. M. Labouchere in 1874. This gentleman writes to me as follows: — "In the autumn 

 of 1874 I was fortunate enough to capture a Little Bunting near Haarlem in a net set for 

 Chaffinches; and not being a collector, I presented it to Heer van Wickevoort Crommelin, of 

 Haarlem, who told me that it was a young male." It has not been observed in Belgium or 

 Northern France, but is stated to occur almost every autumn in Provence and along the Riviera ; 

 and M. Adrien Lacroix says that a specimen in his collection was obtained near Montpellier in 

 October. From Nice, Northern Italy, and Liguria several specimens are recorded by Salvadori ; 

 and Benoit asserts that it has been obtained in Sicily ; but Doderlein has not hitherto succeeded 

 in finding it there. It has been met with in Austria ; for a pair, now in the Vienna Museum, 

 were captured by Zelebor at Ottakring, near Vienna ; and Messrs. Elwes and Buckley state (Ibis, 

 1870, p. 194) that it is a rare winter visitant to the Bosphorus. It has also been met with in 

 Asia Minor and Syria; for Dr. Kriiper writes (J. f. O. 1875, p. 270) that Mr. von Gonzenbach 

 obtained one near Smyrna, and a collector brought one from Beyrout which had been taken near 

 there by a bird-catcher. Malherbe stated some time ago that it had been met with at Bona, in 

 Algeria ; and this statement is confirmed by Loche's record of one example captured in r that 

 country. 



In Asia the Little Bunting is found throughout Siberia. Von Middendorff says that he first 

 observed it in the Stanowoi Mountains on the 3rd of May, and on the 5th (O. S.) they were 

 paired. In the following season they were observed on passage at Udskoj-Ostrog on the 1st (13th) 

 May. In the Taimyr country this species was found nesting on the Boganida, where, however, it 

 was very rare. Dr. Radde observed the first straggler at the Tarei-nor on the 23rd April, 1856 ; 

 but the main body passed on the 3rd May. In the autumn they remained latest of any migrants, 

 the last being at Kulussutajeffsk on the 13 (25th) September. Von Schrenck found it breeding 

 on the Lower Amoor, and describes its nest and eggs. Mr. Swinhoe says that it is abundant in 

 the north of China, spreading southward in winter. Pere David records it as being abundant on 

 passage in Mongolia ; and it is found in India in the winter season, when, Dr. Jerdon states (B. 

 of India, ii. p. 377), it is found throughout the whole extent of the Himalayas, and probably 

 occurs also on the plains of Northern India. He procured it at Darjeeling, Hodgson in Nepal, 

 and Dr. Adams in the North-west Provinces. It has also occurred as far south as Port Blair, in 

 the Andaman Islands; for Mr. A. O. Hume writes (Stray Feathers, ii. p. 497): — "Lieutenant 

 Wardlaw Ramsay shot a female of this species on the 28th March below Mr. De Roepstorff's 

 house on Mount Harriet. Davison saw and noted it; but I did not include it in our list, not 

 being sure that he had correctly identified it." 



In habits the present species has much in common with the Reed-Bunting ; for it appears to 

 affect damp bush-covered localities, though it is also found in the larch-woods. Pallas says that 



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