27G Mr. H. Whistler on the [Ibis, 



Emberiza icterica Eversm. (9 skins.) 



A common autumn passage migrant, appearing in flocks 

 which feed in the fields of ripe millet. Observed between 

 22 July and 14 September, the majority being met with 

 from the second week of August until the end of the first 

 week in September. 



[Emberiza stewarti Biytli. 



A Banting seen at Mochiwala on 9 January, 1918, but 

 not obtained, was probably of this species.] 



Emberiza striolata striolata (Licht.). (1 skin.) 



A male was obtained by Ticehurst in the Nurpur escape 

 on 20 December, 1918. A fine adult was seen by me at 

 Sadaq Nihang on 19 September, 1919. I also wounded and 

 lost in the river-bed at Chiniot on 22 February, 1919, a 

 Bunting which appeared to be of this species. 



Emberiza schoeniclus pallidior Hartert. (11 skins.) 



A common winter visitor to the district, frequenting 

 suitable reed-beds and patches of Pampas grass throughout 

 the riverain area. It arrives about November (earliest date 

 16 November, 1918) and leaves about the middle of February. 

 This race differs from the typical Ji!. s. schoeniclus, in 

 addition to the points given by Hartert, in the paler ap- 

 pearance of the under parts, due to less heavily streaked 

 flanks. 



Emberiza cia par Hartert. (14 skins.) 



This race of the Meadow-Bunting, and not E. c. straclieyi 

 as the records of Punjab ornithology erroneously lead us to 

 expect, is a common and generally distributed winter visitor 

 to the district. It arrives early in November and continues 

 common until the end of February. A few individuals are 

 to be met with in March and April. It is very partial to 

 cotton-fields and "Pampas grass " jungle. 



The female in winter plumage has the blue-grey of the 

 throat and breast very pale and dull, and much sullied with 

 greyish-ashy fringes and brown tips; it may be distinguished 



