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grass and moss, and lining it with finer grass and feathery 

 tops of the reed and a little hair. In land which is liable to 

 be flooded^ it is often built on the tangled herbage which has 

 been left on the willows, or other bushes, on the subsidence 

 of the water. It is generally known in Sussex as the Reed- 

 Sparrow. 



RUSTIC BUNTING. 



Emberiza rustica. 



Notice of the only example which has occurred in England 

 was communicated to the 'Ibis' for 1869 (p. 138), by Mr. 

 Gould. It was caught near Brighton, October 23rd, 1867, and 

 is now in the collection of Mr. Monk. It was shown to 

 Mr. .Rowley while still alive, and its portrait has been given 

 by Mr. Gould in his ' Birds of Great Britain.' 



Its proper home is in the north-east of Europe, and the 

 most northern part of Siberia. In its habits it much re- 

 sembles the Reed-Bunting. Of its nidification little appears 

 to be known. (See Yarrell, B. B., vol. ii. p. 39.) According 

 to Mr. Dresser (' Birds of Europe,' vol. iv. p. 333), the nest is 

 made entirely of fine wiry grass, and is not very carefully 

 built. 



LITTLE BUNTING. 



Emberiza pusilla. 



This species, like the last, has only once occurred in Britain, 

 this example having been taken near Brighton m a clap-net. 

 It was exhibited by Mr. Gould, at a meeting of the Zoological 

 Society of London, November 8th, 1864, and recorded in 



