394 DWARF BUNTING. 



yellow : shoulders greenish : belly white : quills 

 and tail brown ; the outer edges yellowish at the 

 tips. Found at Malta. 



DWARF BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza pusilla.) 



E. supra passerina, subtus albida, capite supra et lateribus Jasciis 



quinis testaceis, interjectisque nigris quatuor. 

 Bunting above like the Sparrow, beneath whitish ; head above 



and five fasciae on the sides testaceous, the intermediate 



spaces black. 



Emberiza pusilla. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 871. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 414. 54. 



Dwarf Bunting. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 201. 7. 



Described by Pallas, who observed it in the 

 larch grounds, among the torrents of the Dauurian 

 Alps : it is the size of a Siskin : prevailing colour 

 like a common Sparrow: on the head and sides 

 five testaceous bands, the intermediate spaces be- 

 tween which are black : throat spotted. 



