544: FRTNGHLIDjE. 



a. Ad. sk. Siberia. Purchased. 



b. $ ad. sk. Krasnoyarsk, Feb. 1. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 

 c,d,e. d;f. $ ad.sk. Krasnoyarsk, Dec. II. Seebohm, Esq [P. J. 

 g. S ad. sk. Krasnoyarsk, June 17. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



30. Emberiza castaneiceps. 



Emberiza castaneiceps, Moore, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 215 ; Horsf. §• Moore, 



Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 484 (1856) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 389. 

 Buscarla castaneiceps, lip. lieu, et Mag. de Zool. 1857, p. 162. 

 Emberiza gigliolii, Swinh. Ibis, 1867, p. 393. 



Emberiza rustica {nee Pall), Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 255, 1863, p. 87. 

 Oitrinella castaneiceps, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 114, no. 7703 (1878). 

 Emberiza ciopsis (nee Bp.), Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 388; Prjeo.in 



Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 308 (1877) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 266. 

 Emberiza cioides (nee Brandt), Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 175 



(1876), iii. p. 137 (1878); David $ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 328 (1877) ; 



Sclater, Ibis, 1882, p. 435. 

 Emberiza cioides, subsp. gigliolii, Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 38. 



Adult male. Similar to E. cioides but smaller, aud wanting the 

 tiny Mack spot on the chin, aud with much less white on the outer 

 tail-feathers : " upper mandible bluish black, the lower one pale 

 bluish ; legs light clay-colour, with blackish claws ; iris hazel " (R. 

 Swinhoe). Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2-9, tail 2 - 7, 

 tarsus 075. 



Hub. China and Mongolia, extending to Eastern Siberia. 



a. Ad. sk. China. India Museum. (Type of 



species.) 



b. Ad. sk. China. Gould Coll. 

 e. Jad.sk. Kin tang, March (Capt. I/ice). Gould Coll. 



d. J ad. sk. Ichang Gorge, River Yangtze. 0. Maries, Esq. [C.]. 



e. $ ad. sk. Amov, June 1886 (P. S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Kiukiaug-, March 15. F. W. Styan, Esq. [P.]. 

 g. $ ad. sk. Hunchan, Manchuria. II. M. James, Esq. [P.]. 



31 . Emberiza ciopsis. 



Emberiza cioiile3 {nee Brandt), Temm. # Schl. Faun. Jap. p. 59, 



pi. 58 (1850). 

 Emberiza ciopsis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 466 (1850); Horsf. fy Moore, Cat. 



B. E.I. Co. Mas. ii. p. 483 (1854); Swinh. Bus, 1874, p. 161; 



Blakist. Ibis, 1862, p. 328; Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 202 ; Swinh. 



Ibis, 1874, p. 161 ; Blakist. # Pn/er, Ibis, 1878, p. 242 ; Seebohm, 



Ibis, 1879, p. 38; Blakist. 8,- Pryer, B. Japan, p. 168(1882); 



Blakist. Amended List B. Japan, pp. 17, 60 (1884). 

 Puscarla ciopsis, Bp. Her. et Mag. de Zool. 1857, p. 1(52. 

 Citrinella ciopsis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 114, no. /704 (1870). 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. General colour above bright 

 chestnut, narrowly streaked with black on the mantle and upper 

 back ; scapulars, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform 

 bright chestnut; hind neck also uniform, and slightly tinged with 

 ashy ; lesser wing-coverts slaty grey ; median and greater coverts 



