444 Mr. Douglas Carruthers on the 



£ . Samarkand. 1 June, 1908. No. 50?. 

 (Sex doubtful). Samarkand. 1 May, 1908. No. 392. 

 This is a summer migrant to the rock-country between 

 3000 ft. and 5000 ft. It is never found above 6000 ft. 



14. Emberiza leucocephala. 



Emberiza leucocephala Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 549. 

 ? . Samarkand. 25 Oct., 17 Nov., 1907. Nos. 123, 

 124, 190. 



15. Emberiza stewarti. 



Emberiza stewarti Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 547. 



(J. Samarkand. 10 May, 1938. No. 445. 



$. „ 3 May, 1908. Nos. 406, 407. 



(Sex doubtful). Samarkand. 3 May, 1908. No. 408. 



<£. Samarkand. 1 June, 1908. No. 501. 



Found in fair numbers, in summer, in the rocky foot-hills 

 between 3000 ft. and 5000 ft., but never ascending above 

 6000 ft. 



16. Emberiza cia. 



Emberiza cia Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 537. 



<?. Samarkand. 25 April, 1908. Nos. 373, 374, 375, 

 376, 377, 378. 



<J. Hissar Mts. 20 June, 1908. No. 541. 



This Bunting arrives in great numbers in mid-April, and is 

 common at 5000 ft., but does not descend lower. I also found 

 it at 10,000 ft. It breeds at a higher level than any other 

 species of the genus : I obtained it nesting at 9000 ft. in June. 



17. Emberiza schosniclus. 



Emberiza schceniclus Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 480. 



S . Bokhara. 19 March, 1908. No. 299. 



<$ (winter plumage). Bokhara. 7, 14 Nov. and 4 Dec, 

 1907. Nos. 167, 173, 210. 



(J ? (winter plumage). Samarkand. 19 Dec, 1907. 

 Nos. 241, 243. 



$ . Bokhara. 14 Nov., 4 and 8 Dec, 1907. Nos. 174, 

 209, 216. 



A common winter visitor to the tamarisk-jungles and 



