A small passerine perches on a dead reed and causes instant consternation. Its seed-eating bill and prominent malar stripe, but otherwise drab plumage, and the suggestion of white outer-tail feathers confirm that it is a bunting Emberiza. No European sparrow Passer has either white outer-tail feathers or a prominent malar stripe. Vagrant American 'sparrows' do not show white oute
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