282 Major J. Biddulpli on the Birds of Gilgit. 



152. Emueiuza lkucocepiiala, S. G. Gmel. 



The earliest specimens were observed ou the 11th No- 

 vember, and the latest on the 3rd Maryh, but it was only 

 in December that any quantity was obtained. 



151. Embekiza stewartIj Blyth. 



I procured a single specimen, a female, in December in 

 Gilgit. With this exception, no other specimen was observed 

 later than 4th October. 



155. Emberiza buchanani, Blyth. 



I received specimens of this Bunting from the upper part 

 of the Yassin valley, near the foot of the Shandur plateau, in 

 August. In the Gilgit district 1 never saw it except in 

 September. 



158. EuspizA LUTEOLA (Sparmi.). 



I procured a male in adult plumage on the 19th May ; no 

 others were seen at the time. In August I procured a male 

 and female, and in September two males, all four in imma- 

 ture plumage. I also procured a male and female in August 

 from Yassin, at an elevation of over 10,000 feet. 



I have examined the Euspiza mentioned Ijy Di'. Scully 

 (Ibis, 1881, pp. 575, 570), as appearing to belong to this 

 species. Several of my immature specimens show the same 

 diflbrence in measurement between the longest secondaries 

 and longest primaries, and three specimens also show slight 

 spots on the breast, though in none arc the spots so large and 

 conspicuous as in Dr. ScuUy^s specimen. The bird is, how- 

 ever, so like E. luteulu in every other particidar, that 1 can- 

 not believe it to belong to another species. 



102. Ervtukospiza mongolica, Swinh. 



I obtained a male in breeding-plumage in June, at an ele- 

 vation of 9000 feet. The two Aving-patches, which in other 

 specimens are dusky white, in this are pure white, while the 

 tips of the larger coverts, which are of a faint rose-colour at 

 other times, are bright carmine. The underparts are washed 

 with bright carmine instead of faint rosy, as at othci' seasons, 

 and the rump and supercilium are bright rosy. Out of a 



