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nearly circular form and are distinctly glossy. The ground-colour 
is white or yellowish-white and the markings are of two types. 
In five clutches the entire surface of the shell is more or less 
thickly and finely mottled all over with dull reddish-brown or 
purplish-brown and underlying violet-grey. In two other clutches 
the markings take the form of distinct spots and small blotches of 
reddish-brown and pale lilac, and one has additional fine irregular 
lines and spots of burnt-sienna. They measure from °72 to ‘82 
in length, and from ‘58 to ‘65 in breadth. The roundest egg 
measures *75 by ‘65. 
1. Amur River, E. Siberia (Dy- Crowley Bequest. 
bowski: Tristram Coll.). 
1. Amur River (Nefrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
5. Chin-kiang, China, 28th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 
4. Chin-kiang, 28th June. J. D. La Touche, Ksq. [C.]. 
4. Chin-kiang, 2nd July. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.]. 
5. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, Ist ee Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
July. Pal 
5. Fujiyama, 29th June. W. Tadeliff Saunders, Esq. 
Emberiza arcuata, Sharpe. 
(Plate XI. fig. 5.) 
Emberiza arcuata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 494 (1888) ; Dresser, 
Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 3861 (1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 278 
(1909). 
Emberiza fucata, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 252 (1890) ; zd., 
ed. Hume, Nests & Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 166 (1890). 
Emberiza fucata arcuata, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 187 (1904). 
Two eggs of the Himalayan Grey-headed Bunting taken at Simla 
are of a regular oval or pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. 
They are pale greenish-grey, densely speckled and mottled all over 
with very pale umber-brown and underlying grey. The markings 
are more dense at the large end than elsewhere and form an ill-defined 
cap. They measure respectively: *85 by ‘57; °79 by °56, 
2. Simla, Himalaya, June. Hume Coll. 
Emberiza elegans, Temm. 
Emberiza elegans, Radde, Reis. Siberia, 11, p. 165, pl. v. (1863); Skarpe, 
Cat, Birds B. M. xii. p. 497 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 122 
(1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 855 (1902); Hartert, 
Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. il. p. 174 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-i. v. p. 278 
(1909). 
Two eggs of the Yellow-throated Bunting are of a rather broad 
and somewhat pointed oval shape and very glossy. The ground- 
colour is whitish faintly clouded with lilac-grey, and somewhat 
