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156. Emberiza stewarti, Blyth. 



A summer visitant. Appears in April^ and is very common 

 in May and June, when it replaces E. stracheyi at the lower 

 elevations. Breeds below 6000 feet. 



157. Emberiza schcenicluSj Linn. 



Scarce ; and never more than a single one was seen at a 

 time. Four specimens were secured in January, February, 

 and March. Both these and my Turkestan specimens are 

 paler-coloured birds than English specimens, the ruddy tints 

 on the wings and back being especially lighter ; but they corre- 

 spond fairly well with a specimen in the Indian Museum at 

 Calcutta, obtained by exchange from Mr. Dresser, and labelled 

 " E. schoeniclus, var. B, Pallas, Lake Baikal. ^^ 



158. EuspiZA LUTEOLA (Sparrm.). 



A few specimens shot in the end of August and September 

 were all in immature plumage j no adult males were either 

 procured or observed. 



159. EUSPIZA MELANOCEPHALA (Scopoli). 



A single specimen, an immature female, was procured by 

 me on the 5th October. 



160. Mycerobas carnipes (Hodgs.). 



Common at all seasons in the pine-forests above 8000 feet, 

 seldom coming lower down even in winter. On one occasion 

 only, in the severe winter of 1877-78, I saw and shot a pair 

 in the main valley at 5000 feet elevation. 



These birds belong to the western form which has been 

 separated as M. speculigerus (Brandt) . They differ from the 

 usual eastern type in being of larger size ; the colour of the 

 abdomen is more vivid, and of a more decided yellow ; the 

 yellowish edgings of the tertiaries and wing-coverts are more 

 conspicuous and much broader, and the bill more full and 

 bulged. They correspond exactly with the figures in Gould^s 

 ' Birds of Asia.^ which were taken from specimens from the 

 Altai. But as the late Mr. Mandelli obtained in Sikkim 

 specimens which correspond to the western form, there do 

 not seem to be sufficient grounds for retaining M. speculigerus 

 as a distinct species. 



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