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sbSi’ìì*'ifens'tìatg w(3 *wc Unli'iiced to the Directives of the
h ^teoria, jRaaiteeiwtfea,, aWl the adjacent xsfcmds, we
the assurance of some naturalists that it is frequently
tnits of the north-eastern portions of the Continent. _ M. Temminck has also admitted ft
els, though he biniseli has never received it in a recent state, and until he does, he prefers
from the work o f Pallas.
1« the disposition of its colouring the Rustic Bunting resembles several other species of the genus E,nkri:.r/
« f it departs in a trifling degree from that forrti; and in the stoutness o f its bill and the shortness ufc its
ttói would appear to approach the Finches.
The female may be distinguished from the male by the absence of the black colour"on the crown of the
and ear-Coverts ; in. other respects cheir plumage is clostdv similar.
We'have no information to. communicate respecting its habits and manners, nor is its nidifieiation or the
oitìux of ite eggs as yet ascertained.
j |p e male has the top o f thè head, with the exception of a white line down the middle, and-'the space
e*fc-<ien the beak ami the ear-coverts, black ; a broad white streak ¡»asses over the eye, and down the sicks
f the neck and throat ; the whole of the upper surface is rich brown, each feather having a darker mark
it .tìus centre ; this brown odoovvng passes into rufous on the eh:
»hags are o f the same eokww as the hark ; secondaries tipped
«tier feathers o f the tetter
t darkest; under surface wl
it plumage o f the feimte is
tents the head o f the . nab; i
which it surrounds like
i ivhitt ; primaries aud tss
l i t e Piate represents a male »ml fernette' o i the WSjtos&l vìa.
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