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CHINESE BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza sinensis.) 



E. Tit/us, suhtus lutea, tectricibus alarum minoribus Jlavescentibus, 

 remigibus rectricibus strigaque abdominis longitudinalifuscis. 



Rufous Bunting, beneath yellow ; the lesser wing-coverts yel- 

 lowish ; quills, tail-feathers, and a longitudinal streak on the 

 belly, brown. 



Emberiza sinensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 869. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 400. 6. 



Ortolan de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 201. 

 Chinese Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. log. 6. 



This has the beak pale rufous : top of the head, 

 and all the upper parts of the body, of a reddish 

 rufous colour, with yellowish edges : irides, throat, 

 breast, belly, and vent, yellow : middle of the belly 

 with a longitudinal brown streak : lesser wing-co- 

 verts light yellow : secondaries deep brown, mar- 

 gined with rufous grey : primaries umber, edged 

 with rufous grey: tail brown, edged with grey: 

 legs pale rufous. Inhabits China in the winter 

 months. 



