of Southern Afghanistan and Kehit. 171 



146. Emberiza buchaxani, Blytli. 

 Very common iu spring. 



147. EmBF.UIZA STEWART I, Blvtli, 



Colonel Swiiihoe observed one specimen at Cliaman in 

 Aprils and I got another at Quetta in December. 



148. Embkriza striolata, Licht. 



Not obtained in Kandahar. Dr. Dnke fonnd it common 

 south of Kehtt in May, and I obtained a specimen at Quetta 

 in December. 



149. Emberiza schcemclus, Linn. 



Colonel Swinhoe obtained a single specimen at Kandahar 

 in winter. 



150. Euspiza melanocephala (Scop.). 



The Black-headed Bunting is very numerous in the country 

 south of Kelat in April, and Blanford and I found swarms in 

 Western Baluchistan about the same time. Further north 

 it ib at least very rare. I did not observe it myself at all, 

 but Colonel Swinhoe has noted a specimen from Melkerez, 

 some forty miles south of Kandahar. The swarms that 

 winter in India evidently pass through Baluchistan to Persia, 

 where they breed, only a few stragglers finding their way to 

 Afghanistan. 



151. Euspiza luteola (Sparrm.). 



This Bunting, on the other hand, breeds in the highlands 

 of our province, and no doubt in Central Afghanistan also. 

 It is numerous about Kandahar in April, and I found it in 

 June among the cornfields of the valleys above 6000 feet to 

 the east of Quetta. 



152. Erythrospiza githaginea (Licht.). 



Colonel Swinhoe records a single specimen from Kan- 

 dahar, killed on the 3rd February. 



153. Erythrospiza mongolica (Swinhoe). 



Two specimens sent to Mr. Hume from Chaman, shot iu 

 April 1880, were referred to this species. 



