248 FRINGILLID^B. 



E. cia and E. stmclieyi. They measure from "77 to "8 in length, 

 and from '6 to -65 in breadth. 



0. Siberia, May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. ^ ■ 



3. Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, 2ud June. W. Itadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



|P.]. 



1. Krasnoyarsk, 29th June {Kibori). Seebohm Coll. 



Emberiza castaneiceps, Moore. 

 (Plate XI. figs. 14 & 15.) 



Emberiza castaneiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, B. M. xii. p. 544 (1888) ; 



id., Hand-l. v. p. 282 (1909). 

 Emberiza cioides, Nehrk. (nee Brandt) Kat. Eiersamml. p. 113 (1899) ; 



La Totiche, Ibis, 1900, p. 36; id., Ibis, 1906, p. 633. 

 Emberiza cioides castaneiceps, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 586 



(1891) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 186 (1904); Jourd. Eggs 



Ilurop. Birds, p. 110 (1906). 



Eggs of the Chinese Meadow-Bunting resemble those of E, cia 

 and the allied forms. The measurements are the same as those 

 of E. cioides. 



2. Amurlaud [Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Amurland, 5th June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Kuatuu, Fobkien, China, 24th May. C. B. Kickett, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Fohkien, 26th June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Chin-kiang, 3rd May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. f C], 



4. Chin-kiang, 10th May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Chin-kiang, 10th May J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.J. 



4. Chin-kiang, 12th May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.J. 



4. Chin-kiang, 2nd May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



2. Chin-kiang, 8th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Emberiza ciopsis, Bonap. 

 (Plate XI. figs. 16 & 17.) 



Emberiza ciopsis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 544 (1888) ; Seebohm, 

 Birds Japan. F^np. p. 131 (ISSO) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 113 

 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Fal. Birds, pt. i. p. 365 (1902) ; Ingram, 

 Ibis, 1908, p. 154 ; Sha7-pe, Hand-l. \. p. 282 (1809). 



Emberiza cioides ciop.sis, Hartert, Vdg. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 186 (1904). 



Eggs of the Japanese Meadow-Bunting resemble those of E. cia, 

 some having the ground-colour bluish-white and others pale stone- 

 colour. They measure from -75 to -85 in length, and from -6 to 

 •G5 in breadth. 



4. Japan (H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Japan [H. P.). Seebohm Coll. 

 .3. Japan (//.P.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Japan {H. P.). Seebohm Coll. 



