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RUSTIC BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza rustica.) 



E. supra passerina, subtus alba, capite nigro Jasciis tribus longi- 



tudinalibus albis. 

 Bunting above the colour of a Sparrow, beneath white, with the 



head black, with three longitudinal white stripes. 

 Emberiza rustica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 871. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 413. 51. 



Rustic Bunting. Lath. Syn. Sup. LI. 201. 6. 



The head of this bird is black, marked with three 

 white bands, one down the crown, and the other 

 two over each eye : nape and shoulders ferruginous : 

 upper parts of the plumage similar to a Sparrow ; 

 under white : throat spotted with testaceous : two 

 outer tail-feathers obliquely tipped with white : size 

 of Emberiza Schceniclus. Inhabits the willow beds 

 of Dauuria. 



