2.36 



FEINGILLID^. 



Emberiza melanocephala, Scojj. 



Emberiza melanocephala, Tliien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 360, tab. xxxiii. 

 tio-. 3, a-c (1845-54) ; Dresser, Birds Ear. iv. p. 151 (^187::!) ; Bree, 

 Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 133, pi. (1875); beehohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 1G5, pi. 15 (1884) ; ;sharpe, Vat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 503 (1888) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ltd., Birds, ii. p. 261 (1890) ; Seebohm, Ei/gs 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 254, pi. 58. fi?s. 6 & 7 (1896) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. 

 Birds, pt. i. p. 34l) (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 170 

 (1904) ; Jourd. Eqqs Europ. Birds, p. 101," pi. 14. iig.s. 12-15 (1906) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v." p. 279 (1909). 



Euspiza melanocephala, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voq. tab. 3. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 

 Bei/, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 298, pi. 38. tigs. 12-16 (1900). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Bunting vary iu shape from a broad 

 to an excessively long narrow oval and are moderately glossy. 

 They are very pale greenish-blue, varying somewhat in shade, 

 speckled and spotted all over with dull reddish-brown and under- 

 lying lavender-grey, the markings being more dense afc the larger 

 end. On some eggs the spots are large and might almost be termed 

 blotches ; on others they are all fine ; while sometimes both large 

 and small markings are combined on the same specimen. The eggs 

 vary greatly in size, measuring from -82 to 1'03 in length, and 

 from -6 to -7 in breadth. 



4. Montenegro, 15th June. 



Dalmatia. 



Greece {T. Krilper). 



Greece {T. K.). 



Missolonghi, Greece, 3rd June 



( W. H. Simpson : Tristram 



Coll.). 

 Attica, Greece, 20th Mav (7'. A'.). 

 Attica, 27thMay (T. A'.). 

 Attica, 1st June (T. K.). 

 Attica, 1st June (T. K.). 

 Attica, 4th June. 



3. Skopelos I., Greece, 1st June. 



4. Skopelos I., 1st June. 



Parnassus, 

 bohni). 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parna.ssus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 



Greece, May {H. Sce- 



17th May (S. S.). 

 18th Mav {H. S.). 

 19th May (i/.-S'.). 

 19th Mav (H. S.). 

 2l8t May (IL S.). 

 21st Mav {H. S.). 

 21st Mav {H. S.). 

 21st May (H. S.). 

 21st MaV {H. S.). 

 21st Mav {II. S.). 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



r-p.]. 



Dr. Thienemann. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Eadchff'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radchffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radclitie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



