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Nest. Generally placed low down in some marshy bank, 
but we have often found it in a bush a yard or two above the 
water, though never suspended in reeds. 
Eggs.— Four to six in number. Ground-colour, stone-brown 
or clay-colour, scribbled and blotched all over with black, with 
occasional spots of black, the “ writing ” marks always very 
distinct. Axis, 075-0-85 ; diam., 0-55-0-6. 
THE LITTLE BUNTING. EMBERIZA PUSILLA. 
Emberiza pus ilia, Pall. Reise. Russ. Reichs., iii., p. 697 (1776) • 
Newt. ed. Yarn, ii., p. 34 (1876); Dresser, B. Eur, iv., p.’ 
235 pi. 220 (1877); B. O. U. List Br. B., p. 61 (1883) ; 
Seeb., Br. B., 11., p. 144 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., 
xii., p. 487 (1888); Saunders, Man., p. 209 (1889). 
Adult Male.— Above rufous-brown, broadly streaked with 
black, the rump duller in colour ; under surface white, the sides 
of the body streaked with blackish-brown, but without any tin°- e 
of yellow below ; breast distinctly streaked ; ear-coverts and 
throat vinous-chestnut ; bill brown, whitish on the lower man- 
didle ; feet reddish-grey ; iris brown. Total length, 4-8 inches • 
culmen, 0-4; wing, 2-8; tail, 2-1; tarsus, o'8. 
Adult Female. Like the male, but not Quite so richly tinted 
and less distinctly striped below. 
Young. Lacks the rufous colour on the throat, which is 
white. It may be distinguished from that of the Reed-Bunting 
by its smaller size, chestnut crown, and especially by having the 
wing-coverts brown with dusky centres, not uniform chestnut. 
Range in Great Britain. — A very rare and occasional visitor, 
having once been taken near Brighton. 
Range outside tie British Islands. — Northern Russia, from the 
valley of the Dwina across Siberia to the Pacific; wintering 
in India, the Burmese countries, and China. In winter it has 
also occurred in most of the countries of Central Europe. 
Habits. — Mr. Seebohm met with this Bunting on the Pet- 
chora river and again on the Yenesei. He says that it was 
extremely tame, and he found several nests. It is a very late 
visitor too in the north, arriving only in the early part of June, 
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