tinental 

 Europe, 



116 

 Geographical Races. 



a. Common Reed Bunting', E. sehoeniclus schoeniclus (L.). See aboTe. 

 b. E. sehoeniclus canneti (Brehm). 



Plate 15, fig. 1, 2 (Herzegovina, 19. V. 90). 



E. schoe7iiclus canneti (Brehm). Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 197. 



Breeding Range: Hungary, Dalmatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Servia, 

 Albania, Bulgaria and Thessaly. 

 Con- In Hungary (except in the N. W., w^here the common Reed Bunting 



is found) this intermediate form is not uncommon; von Fiihrer observed 

 it in the reed beds of the Scutari Lake, and Reiser describes it as common 

 in marshes in Bulgaria. It is also known to breed in Servia, Bosnia, 

 Albania and probably also Thessaly. 



In breeding habits it is not known to differ from the ordinary form, 

 and the eggs are similar in appearance, but appear to be rather larger. 



Average size of 18 eggs (16 from Hungar^^ by the writer and 2 from 

 Herzegovina by Rey) 21.1 X 14.93 mm., Max. 22.2 X 14.7 and 21 X 15.5 

 mm., Min. 19.6 X 14.5 and 20.1 X 14 mm. 



c. E. schoeniclus tschusii Reis. & Almdsy. 



E. scJioeniclus tschusii Reis. & Almasy. Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 198. 

 Breeding Range: From the north of the Dobrudscha to S. Russia 

 and Lenkoran. 



d. E. schoeniclus othmari Hart. 



E. schoeniclus othmari Hart. Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 198. 

 Breeding Range: Apparently replaces the preceding form in E. 

 Bulgaria. 



57. Thick-lbilled Reed Bunting, Eml)eriza pyrrhuloides Pall. 



Plate 15, fig. 3 (S. Russia). 



Eggs: Baedeker, Tab. 12, fig. 12. 



Foreign Names: Russia: Kamichowaya ovsjanka. Turkestan: Kara- 

 hash Jcuchhach. 



Emheriza pyrrhuloides Pall. Dresser, Birds of Europe, IV, p. 249; 

 id. Man. Pal. Birds, p. 372. E. pyrrhuloides pyrrhuloides Pall. Hartert, 

 Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 198. 



Breeding Range: The shores of the Caspian Sea from the foot 

 of the N. Caucasus and the lower Volga to Transcaspia and Turkestan, 

 as far E. as Issik Kul, etc. 



Little is known of the breeding habits of this bird, but probably 

 they resemble those of E. schoeniclus. In appearance the eggs are also 



