232 FRINGILLIDE. 

Emberiza pallasi (Cad.). 
Emberiza passerina, Sharpe (nec Pall.), Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 485 
(1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 111 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. 
Birds, pt. i. p. 871 (1902). 
Emberiza pallasi, Hartert, Vég. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 194 (1904) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 277 (1909). 
Eggs of Pallas’s Bunting are similar to those of E. scheniclus. 
They measure from -7 to ‘75 in length, and from ‘55 to ‘57 in 
breadth. 
5. Irkutsk, E. Siberia, 3rd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
pest 
2. Amur River (Nehkrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
Emberiza pusilla, Pall. 
Emberiza pusilla, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 173 (1875); Seebohm 
& Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 116; Dresser, Birds Fur. iv. p. 235 
(1877) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 337; 2d., Brit. Birds, ii. p. 144, 
pl. 15 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 487 (1888); Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 255 (1890); Tacz. Faune Orn. Sibér. 
Orient. p. 594 (1891) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 250, pl. 57. 
figs. 15 & 16 (1896) ; Popham, Ibis, 1897, p. 96; 1898, p.503; Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersammi. p. 112 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 363 
(1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 188 (1904) ; Jourd. Eggs 
Europ. Birds, p. 112, pl. 15. fig. 6 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 277 
(1909). 
Scheenicola pusilla, Rey, Kier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 294, pl. 123. fig. 6 
(1904). 
The eggs of the Little Bunting are of a broad oval form, somewhat 
sharply pointed and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is variable. 
In some eggs it is lavender-grey; in others pale ashy-blue or pale 
green, and in others again pale pinkish-buff. The markings are 
more uniform, consisting of spots, streaks and twisted lines of rich 
purplish-brown or reddish-brown, so intense at times as to appear 
almost black. These surface-markings are more or less blurred at 
the edges and blend with the surrounding ground-colour. The 
underlying shell-markings consist of blotches and clouds of lavender- 
or lilac-grey. Numerous eggs measure from °65 to *79 in length, 
and from *52 to 6 in breadth. 
2. East Finmark, 22nd June (Nordv?). Seebohm Coll. 
2. Archangel, N. Russia, 22nd June. Crowley Bequest. 
5. Pinega, Archangel, 27th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Beal: 
2. Petchora River, Lat. 68° N., 23rd Sebbiim Coll. 
June (H. Seebohm § J..A. Har- 
vie- Brown). 
6. Yenesei River, Lat. 67° N., 6th Seebohm Coll. 
June (ZH. S.). 
Yenesei River, Lat. 663° N., 23rd Seebohm Coll. 
June (7. 8.) 
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