E. LÖNNBERG, BIRDS FROM TRANSBAICALIA AND MONGOLTA. 15 



— »Fichtenammer » — was seen singly, now here now there, 

 in valleys or on mountains. The males of both species 

 sat regularly singing on the branches of trees, but the 

 females hopped round among the shrubs and straws often 

 several together. » 



Emberiza leucocephala S. G. Gmelin. 



Bura cfö" (n:o 161, 169) 21/5, dd (n:o 163, 167) 1%; Urga ef (n:o 164) ^e/e; 



Kiran ef (n:o 162) ^-jö-, Maimatschen ef (n:o 165) ^7^; Kiret $ (n:o 160) ^Vg, 



Kum ef (n:o 168) ^V", Selenga ef (n:o 166) Ve 1908. 



It is evident that these birds have been breeding at the 

 localities where they were collected at such a time of the 

 year and Mr. Bamberg also found their eggs. This fact 

 proves that the species propagates so far south as in Mongolia 

 which Hartert appears to suspect was not the case to judge 

 from his expression »Nord-China, Mongolei und Tur- 

 kestan, aber wohl nur als Wintervogel. » ^ 



The extension of the white on top of the head is very 

 different in different specimens, in some it extends broadly 

 över the nape. The development of the black band bordering 

 the white is also subjected to considerable variation. 



Emberiza cioides Brandt. 



Maimatschen ef (n:o 170) ^Vö 1908. 



This specimen is rather small wdth the length of wing 

 only 81 mm, but the plumage is tjrpical and it is not E. c. 

 castaneiceps . It was found breeding. 



Melanocorypha (Pterocorys) mongolica (Pallas). 



Kumiiin 9 (n:o 159) ^t 1908. 



This specimen has every characteristic of M. mongolica 

 as far as the colour of the plumage is concerned but it is 

 very small the length of wing being only 110 mm., tail 68 

 mm, culmen 17 mm. As the collection contains only one 

 specimen it cannot be ascertained whether this is a dwarfed 

 individual, or if it is a representative of a smaller geographic 

 race, which, however, hardly is probable. 



^ Vögel paläarkt. Fauna. p. 170. 



