EMBERIZA. 31 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Bare Visitor. Noted 

 in Norfolk, Sept. 1905, 1907, and 1913. 



General Distribution. — The Yellow - breasted Bunting 

 breeds in northern Russia and ranges through Siberia to 

 Kamchatka, becoming more plentiful in the eastern part of its 

 range, which includes the Commander Islands; it is said to 

 breed in Yezo, Japan. On migration it reaches India, Burma, 

 the Malay Peninsula, and Siam It has occurred occasionally 

 in Austria, Bohemia, Italy, southern France, and Heligoland. 



Emberiza rustica. Rustic Bunting. 



Emberiza rustica Pallas, Raise Russ. Reichs, iii. 1776, 

 p. 698 : Transbaikalia. 



Emberiza rustica Pallas ; B. O. Z7. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 61 ; 

 SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888, p. 490; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 217. 



Rustica=oi the country, rus. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Ears Visitor. Has 

 occurred in Sussex, Oct. 1867, Sept. 1902 ; Yorkshire, Sept. 

 1881 ; Hertfordshire, Nov. 1882 ; Northumberland, Dec. 

 1904 ; Aberdeenshire, March 1905 ; Sutherland, May 1906 ; 

 Fair Isle, Shetlands, several times in both spring and autumn. 



General Distribution. — The Rustic Bunting breeds from 

 eastern Finland to Kamchatka, migrating through Man- 

 churia and Mongolia to Japan, China, and Turkestan. It 

 has occurred in Sweden, Heligoland, Germany, Holland, 

 southern France, Italy, and Austria. 



Emberiza pusilla. Little Bunting. 



Emberiza pusilla Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, iii. 1776, 

 p. 697 : Transbaikalia. 



Emberiza pusilla Pallas ; B. O. U: List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 61 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888, p. 487 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 219. 

 PusiUa=Tery small ; diminutiye from 33«s«s=a little boy. 



