igij.'j Birds observed at Erzenun. 



Emberiza melanocephala. Black-lieaded Bunting. 



Fairly common at Hassan Kala'a and less so in certain 

 parts of the Erzerura plateau. Only once seen near the 

 town (May 20, 1910). 



Emberiza cia. ^Meadow-Bunting. 



On the 12th and 13tli of April, after a heavy south-west 

 gale, seven or eight were observed in a field outside the 

 town, and on 0(;tobcr 31 of the following year there were 

 several in the Kyrk Deirmen gorge. 



Emberiza hortulana. Ortolan. 



Fairly abundant on the lower slopes of the hill south of 

 the town. They appear in the last days of April and seem 

 to leave about September 15. 



Emberiza pusilla. Little Bunting, 



Three were observed on March 21, 1910, among a flock 

 of Yellow Hammers, 



Emberiza schoeniclus. Reed-Bunting. 



One was observed in the vegetable-gardens outside the 

 walls on March 18, 1910, 



Alauda arvensis. Skylark. 



During the phenomenally severe winter of 1910, Skylarks 

 congregated in great numbers in the neighbourhood of tb.e 

 town, associating frequently with Shore-Larks and Calandra 

 Larks, and apparently picking up their food among the 

 dro[)ping8 of pack-animals until milder weather laid bare 

 patches of earth in some favoured spots. Despite the 

 rigorous climatic conditions the Larks were always plump 

 enough to be a welcome variety in one's bill-of-fare. 

 Towards the end of March the flocks began to disperse, 

 and the birds were to be heard singing gaily in the plain ; 

 b\it a return of wintry weather drove them back in flocks 

 to the town, and it was not until about the 20th of April 

 that they finally scattered. I find that 1 observed them 

 singing on the Top Dagh and at Kyrk Deirmen as late as 

 June 9, but after that date no record occurs till October 23, 



