In order to make clear the structure of bunting communities, an ecological observation on buntings (Emherriza Linnaeus, 1758) in the northern slope of the Changbai Shan Mountain was made from 1979-1981.There are 26 species of buntings in China, but only 6 species breed in the northern slope of the Changbai Shan Mountain.The immigration and emigration of those summer migratory birds are comparatively regular. The earliest arrivals are as late as from the end of March to the beginning of April. E. elegans tic...