232 FRTNGILLIBiE. 



Emberiza pallasi {Cuh.). 



EDiLeriza passerina, 8/iarjie (nee Pall.), Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 485 

 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eienamml. p. Ill (1899) ; Dresner, Man. Pal. 

 Birds, pt. i. p. 371 (lil02). 



Emberiza pallasi, Hartert, ]'o(j. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 194 (1904) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. V. p. 277 (1909). 



Eggs of Pallas's Bunting are similar to those of E. schcenidus. 

 They measure from '7 to wo in length, and from "55 to '57 in 

 breadth. 



5. Irlrutsk, E. Siberia, 3rd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l. 

 2. Amur River {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Emberiza pusilla, Pall. 



Emberiza pusilla, Brce, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 173 (1875) ; Seebohm 

 Sr Harvie-Broum, Ibis, 1876, p. 110; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 235 

 (1877) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 337 ; id., Brit. Birds, ii. p. 144, 

 pi. 15 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 487 (1888) ; Oates, 

 Eavna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 255 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siher. 

 Orient, p. 694 (1891) ; Seebohm, Efjcjs of Brit. Birds, p. 250, pi. 57. 

 figs. 15 & 16 (1890); Popham, Ibis, im7, -p. m; 1898, p. 503; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 112 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 863 

 (1902) ; Hartert, Voq. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 188 (1904) ; .Imird. Egqs 

 Evrop. Birds, p. 112,' pi. 15. tig. 6 (190C) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 277 

 (1909). 



Schoenicola pusilla, Bei/, Eier f'cig. Mittclenrop. p. 294, jd. 123. lig. 6 

 (1904). 



The eggs of the Little Bunting are of abroad oval form, somewhat 

 sharply pointed and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is variable. 

 In some eggs it is lavender-grey ; in others pale ashj'-blue or pale 

 green, and in others again pale pinkish-buff. The markings are 

 more uniform, consisting of spots, streaks and twisted lines of rich 

 purplish-brown or reddish-brown, so intense at times as to appear 

 almost black. These surface-markings are more or less blurred at 

 the edges and blend with the surrounding ground-colour. The 

 underlying shell-markings consist of blotches and clouds of lavender- 

 or lilac-grey. Numerous eggs measure from '65 to "79 in length, 

 and from "5^ to '6 in breadth. 



2. East Finmark, 22ud June (A''o/'rfi'/). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Archangel, N. Russia, 22nd June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Pinega, Archangel, 27tli May. W. Radcliffe >Sauuders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Peichora River, Lat. 68" N., 23rd Seebohm Coll. 

 June {H. Seebohm Sf J. A. Har- 

 nie-Brown). 



6. Yenesei River, Lat. 67° N., Cth Seebohm Coll. 



June (II. S.). 

 5. Yenesei River, Lat. 665'^ N., 23rd Seebohm Coll. 

 June (//. S.) 



