. An illustrated manual of British birds . of seeds, but in confinementthe bird feeds greedily upon oats and millet, until it attains thefatness which is proverbial. The note, which is rather metallic,may be syllabled as tsee-ah, isec-ah, tsee-a/i, tyi/r. Adult male: head and nape greenish-grey with faint yellowstreaks from the forehead to below the ear-coverts ; back, wing-coverts and secondaries fulvous-brown, with dark stripes down thecentre of the feathers; rump reddish-brown ; tail-feathers brown,with oblong patches of white on the three outer pairs ; throatsulphur-yellow ; pectoral band
. An illustrated manual of British birds . of seeds, but in confinementthe bird feeds greedily upon oats and millet, until it attains thefatness which is proverbial. The note, which is rather metallic,may be syllabled as tsee-ah, isec-ah, tsee-a/i, tyi/r. Adult male: head and nape greenish-grey with faint yellowstreaks from the forehead to below the ear-coverts ; back, wing-coverts and secondaries fulvous-brown, with dark stripes down thecentre of the feathers; rump reddish-brown ; tail-feathers brown,with oblong patches of white on the three outer pairs ; throatsulphur-yellow ; pectoral band olive-grey ; lower breast, belly andunder tail-coverts pale chestnut; bill reddish-brown ; legs brownish-orange. Length 6 in. ; wing 325 in. In less mature males therump is dull striated brown, there is no white on the third inner pairof tail-feathers, and the under parts are paler. The female has thehead greener and more streaked; upper parts duller; gorget yel-lowish-buff streaked with brown ; under parts yellowish-buff. EMBERIZIN^. 207. THE RUSTIC BUNTING. Emberiza rustica, Pallas. The first example of the Rustic Bunting known to have occurredin England was caught near Brighton, on October 23rd 1867. andwas shown alive to the late Mr. G. D. Rowley •. it is now in thecollection of Mr. T. J. Monk of Lewes. A second, identified andrecorded by Mr. \V. E. Clarke (Zool. 1881, p. 465), and exhibited ata meeting of the Zoological Society, was shot on the Holdernesscoast, Yorksliire, on September 17th iSSi, the same day on whicha young bird of this species was obtained at Heligoland by Lord Lilford states (Zool. 18S3, p. 2)3) th^t a young malewas sent to him in the flesh, which had been taken by a bird-catcherat Elstree reservoir, near London, on November 19th 1S82. The Rustic Bunting is an eastern species which is graduallyextending its range westward, and is now known to wander toSweden and to occur annually in East Finland. Mr Giitke informsme that he possesses eight
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