138 PASSERES. 



119. EMBERIZA RUTILA. 



(RUDDY BUNTING.) 



Emhmza rutila, Pallas, Eeise Ruas. Reichs, iii. p. 698 (1776). 



The Ruddy Bunting differs from all the other Buntings known to 

 visit Japan by its combin3,tion of three characters : belly yeUow, 

 rump chestnut, mantle streaked. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 56 b 

 (male) . 



The claim of the Ruddy Bunting to be regarded as a Japanese 

 bird rests solely on a single example figured in the ' Fauna Japonica.' 

 It may be an accidental visitor on migration to the west of Japan, 

 but no second example has been recorded. 



It is an East-Asiatic species, breeding in Eastern Siberia and 

 North China, and wintering in South China, Cochin China, and 

 Burma. 



120. EMBERIZA AUREOLA. 

 (YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING.) 



Emberiza aureola, Pallas, Reise Kuss. Reichs, ii. p. 711 (1773). 



The male of the Yellow-breasted Bunting is easily recognized by 

 its uniform chestnut back ; and the female is the only Bunting with 

 yellow underparts (known to visit Japan), which has also the whole 

 of the upper parts uniformly streaked. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, iv. pi. 218. 



I have never seen an example of the YeUow-breasted Bunting 

 from Japan, but it is occasionally found in Yezzo in summer (Blakis- 

 ton and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1883, p. 170). It has been 

 obtained on the south-east coast of Yezzo in May (Blakiston, Chry- 

 santhemum, 1882, p. 426), and has once occurred near Yokohama 

 (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 243). 



This Bunting has a wide range across Northern Europe and Asia. 

 It winters in China and Burma. 



