14 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 5. N:0 9. 



is sandy grey. The rump is påle orange with a rosy tint, 

 and the white of the lower parts is washed with rosy and 

 orange. 



Carpodacus rlioclochlamys rhodochlamys (Brandt). 



Iro ? (n:o 110) "A 1908. 



To make sure that this determination was correct the 

 specimen was sent to Tring and I asked my f riend Dr. Hartert 

 to make a comparison and give his opinion about it. He 

 kindly did so and fully confirmed my view. 



This fact widens the area of distribution of this bird 

 in a ver}^ considerable degree towards the east as Iro is situ- 

 ated nearly at 107° E. long. and not much south of 50° N. 

 lat. Taczanowski does not mention this species among 

 the birds of Eastern Siberia and Hartert says in his work 

 »Vögel d. paläarkt. Fauna (p. 101) »ostwärts zu den Aus- 

 läufern der Gebirgsketten Kaschgariens.» 



Emberiza aureola Pallas. 



Chara $ ef fn:o 145, 146) ^g, d" (n:o 157) ^o/o; Kumuin ? (f(f (n:o 148, 154, 

 155) 29/5; Maimatschen ef (n:o 158) '•'/s; Bura (fd" (n:o 147, 157) ^Vs cfcf 

 (n:o 149, 150) 20/5; Kiran ef (n:o 153) -^s, cT (n:o 156) ^'/s; Urga ef (n:o 152) 



-■/g 1908. 



This collection shows the same different stages of gradual 

 development of the plumage of the males as have been de- 

 scribed by the present author on birds from Saghalin.^ The 

 length of wing varies from 75, most often 76, to 81 mm. 



To judge from this collection and the experience of 

 Mr. Bamberg this beautiful Bunting appears to be a common 

 breeder in Northern Mongolia. From Baical, Dauuria and 

 Ussuri it was recorded before but this collection gives authen- 

 tic knowledge of its distribution as a breeding bird some- 

 what further south west. 



About this and the following species Mr. Bamberg 

 has communicated the folllowing: 



»The E. aureola — » Weidenammer » — I have found 

 only in swamps and a about 1 kilometer wide place covered 

 with a growth of low willow-shrubs, while the E. leucocephala 



Journ. Coll. Se. Imp. Univ. Tokyo. Vol. XXIII. Art. 14 p. 12. 



