THE SIBERIAN MEADOW-BUNTING. 

 Emberiza cioides, Brandt. 

 Plate i8. 



One example of this Eastern species was obtained at Flamborough, Yorkshire, 

 in November 1886. 



It inhabits eastern Siberia, and is also widely spread through Turkestan» 

 Mongolia, Manchuria, and Corea, spending the winter in China. 



According to Mr. Dresser {Manual of Palcearctic Birds, p. 365) : " The nest 

 is a light but tolerably strong structure of dry grass-bents lined with finer bents, 

 horse- or cattle-hair, and is placed on the ground in a depression and usually at 

 the foot of a bush." The four or five eggs have the ground colour violet-white, 

 marked with spots and broken lines of dark brown. 



This Bunting is said to have a pleasing song. 



The female is more soberly coloured than the male, and has not the bright 

 chestnut tints on the head and gorget. 



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