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INTRODUCTION. 
153. Emberiza rustica Vol. Ill, PI. XXIV. 
Rustic Bunting. 
The native habitat of this bird is tlie eastern part of Europe and the neighbouring countries. Has been 
killed near Brighton, for the particulars of which circumstance see ‘The Ibis’ for 1869, p. 128, and the 
letterpress facing the figure in the present work. 
154. Emberiza pusilla Vol. III. PI. XXV. 
Du ARE Bunting. 
Inhabits Northern and Eastern Europe, Siberia, China, and the Himalaya Mountains. Has been once 
killed in England, mde ‘ Ibis,’ 1865, p. 113, and the account opposite the present Plate. 
Genus Crithophaga. 
155. Crithophaga miliaria .......... Vol. III. PI. XXVI. 
Common Bunting. 
A truly British species, which is also found in Central and Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Asia Minor, 
and Persia. Breeds in our three kingdoms ; is solitary in its habits, being generally seen sitting alone on 
the topmost twig of a hedge-row. The sole representative of its genus, or genera ; for it has had no less than 
five generic terms applied to it — Emberiza, Spinus, Cynchrcemus, Miliaria, and Crithophaga. 
Genus Glycispina. 
Coinprisiug about six or seven species inhabiting Europe, Asia, and Africa. 
156. Glycispina hortulana .......... Vol. III. PI. XXVII. 
Ortolan Bunting. 
A bird which ranges very extensively over Europe, being common from the shores of the Mediterranean 
to the Dovrefjeld in Norway ; in the latter country it breeds in abundance. It is but an accidental visitor 
to England, has once only, I believe, been killed in Scotland, and never in Ireland. 
Genus Euspiza. 
157. Euspiza melanocephala Vol. III. PI. XXVIII. 
Black-headed Bunting. 
Common in Eastern Europe, Persia, and Western India. The male is a beautiful showy bird, the female 
