232 



Emberiza pallasi (Cab.). 



Emberiza passerina, Sharpe (nee PalL), Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 485 

 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. Ill (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. 

 Birds, pt. i. p. 371 (1902). 



Emberiza pallasi, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 194 (1904) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 277 (1909). 



Eggs of Pallas's Bunting are similar to those of E. schcenidus. 

 They measure from -7 to -75 in length, and from '55 to '57 in 

 breadth. 



5. Irkutsk, E. Siberia, 3rd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Amur River (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Emberiza pusilla, Pall. 



Flmberiza pusilla, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 173 (1875) ; Seebohm 

 $ Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 116; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 235 

 (1877) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 337 ; id., Brit. Birds, ii. p. 144, 

 pi. 15 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 487 (1888) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 255 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siler. 

 Orient, p. 594 (1891) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 2oO, pi. 57. 

 n>s. 15 & 16 (1896) ; Popham, Ibis, 1897, p. 96 ; 1898, p. 503 ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 112 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 363 

 (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 188 (1904) ; Jaurd. Eggs 

 Europ. Birds, p. 112, pi. 15. fig. 6 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 277 

 (1909). 



Schcenicola pusilla, Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 294, pi. 123. fig. 6 

 (1904). 



The eggs of the Little Bunting are of abroad oval form, somewhat 

 sharply pointed and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is variable. 

 In some eggs it is lavender-grey ; in others pale ashy-blue or pale 

 green, and in others again pale pinkish-buff. The markings are 

 more uniform, consisting of spots, streaks and twisted lines of rich 

 purplish-brown or reddish-brown, so intense at times as to appear 

 almost black. These surface-markings are more or less blurred at 

 the edges and blend with the surrounding ground-colour. The 

 underlying shell-markings consist of blotches and clouds of laverider- 

 or lilac-grey. Numerous eggs measure from '65 to *79 in length, 

 and from '52 to *6 in breadth. 



2. East Finmark, 22nd June (Nordvi). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Archangel, N. Russia, 22nd June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Pinega, Archangel, 27th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Petehora River, Lat. 68 C N., 23rd Seebolim Coll. 

 June (H. Seebohm fy J. A. Har- 

 vie-Brown) . 



6. Yenesei River, Lat. 67 N., 6th Seebohm Coll. 



June (H. S.). 



5. Yenesei River, Lat. G6N., 23rd Seebohm Coll. 

 June (//. S.) 



