118 BRITISH BIRDS, WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS 
R. W. Chase, of Birmingham: there seems, however, to be some question as to 
the date of capture;* and, in any case, it appears to me to have no claim to be 
called a British species. 
Family—FRINGILLIDAE. Subfamily—E MBE RIZINAE. 
THE Rustic BUNTING. 
Emberiza rustica, PALLAS. 
N accidental straggler to our shores, of which the first example was captured 
near Brighton, on October 23rd, 1867, the second was shot on the Holder- 
ness coast, Yorkshire, on September 17th, 1881, and the third captured at Elstree 
reservoir, near London, on November, 1882. 
Family—FRINGILLIDA. Subfamily—E MBE RIZINA:. 
THe Lartiz Bowrese. 
Emberiza pusilla, PALLAS. 
Oy specimen was captured near Brighton, on November 2nd, 1863. At best 
it can only be regarded as a very rare and chance wanderer to Great 
Britain, although there is no reason why it should not occasionally visit us. 
* Vide ‘“ Zoologist,” 1891, p. 363. where this specimen is stated to have been obtained in November, 1886. 
