EMBERIZA, 241 
Emberiza personata, Z’emm. 
(Plate XI. figs. 9-11.) 
Emberiza personata, Blakist. § Pryer, Birds Japan, p. 170 (1882); 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 521 (1888); Seebohm, Birds Japan. 
Emp. p. 156 (1890); Tacz. Faune Orn. Svbér. Orient. p. 567 (1891) ; 
Nehrk, Kat. Eiersammil. p. 112 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 
pt. i. p. 350 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 280 (1909). 
Emberiza spodocephala personata, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 177 
(1904). 
Three eggs procured by Pryer and said to be those of Temminck’s 
Japanese Bunting are of the same type as those of L. sulphurata 
and may be of that species. They differ in having the ground- 
colour greyish-white and the surface-markings larger, better defined, 
and of a darker chocolate-brown. The shell-markings also cover 
less of the ground-colour. Five other clutches are of a very different 
type, the ground-colour is pale greenish-white more or less heavily 
blotched all over with maroon-brown, purplish-brown, and purplish- 
grey, with irregular lines, spots, and even blotches of deep purplish- 
brown scattered over the shell. They measure from -74 to °8 in 
length, and from °57 to -62 in breadth. 
5. Japan. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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4. Japan (H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 
6. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, 2ndJune. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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2. Fujiyama, 8th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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4. Fujiyama, 17th June. H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]}. 
3. Gotemba, Hondo, 24th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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Emberiza spodocephala, Pail. 
Emberiza spodocephala, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 522 (1888) ; 
Nehrk. Kat, Liersamml. p. 118 (1899) ;Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 
pt. i. p. 850 (1902); zd. Lbis, 1904, p. 109, pl. iii. figs. 10 & 12; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 280 (1909). 
Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 
p. 176 (1904). 
Eggs of the Black-faced Bunting are of a broad, rather pointed 
oval shape and more or less glossy. The ground-colour varies from 
pale greenish-white to pinkish-white. The markings vary greatly. 
Some eggs are like those of HZ. personata, heavily blotched and 
spotted all over with maroon-brown, purple-brown, or umber-brown 
and purple-grey, and have often irregular darker markings scattered 
over the shell. Other eggs are clouded and mottled over the entire 
shell with umber-brown or dull maroon. Two eggs from Sidemi, 
received in the Crowley Bequest under the name of Z. sulphurata, 
are of quite a different type and in colour and markings resemble 
eggs of LE. chrysophrys, described from the same locality. They are, 
however, of a much narrower and more pointed oval shape. Possibly 
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