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Emberiza melanocephala, Scop. 



Emberiza melanocephala, TJiien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 360, tab. xxxiii. 

 fig. 3, a-c (1845-54) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 151 (1872) ; Bree, 

 Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 133, pi. (1875); beebokm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 165, pi. 15 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 503 (1888) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 261 (1890) ; Seebohm, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 254, pi. 58. figs. 6 & 7 (1896) ; Dresser, Man. Pal 

 Birds, pt. i. p. 346 (1902) ; Hartert, Voy. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 170 

 (1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Euro/). Birds, p. 101, pi. 14. figs. 12-15 (1906) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 279 (1909). 



Euspiza melanocephala, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 3. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 

 Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 298, pi. 38. figs. 12-16 (1900). 



Tbe eggs of the Black-headed Bunting vary in shape from a broad 

 to an excessively long narrow oval and are moderately glossy. 

 They are very pale greenish-blue, varying somewhat in shade, 

 speckled and spotted all over with dull reddish-brown and under- 

 lying lavender-grey, the markings being more dense at the larger 

 end. On some eggs the spots are large and might almost be termed 

 blotches ; on others they are all fine ; while sometimes both large 

 and small markings are combined on the same specimen. The eggs 

 vary greatly in size, measuring from -82 to 1'03 in length, and 

 from *6 to '7 in breadth. 



4. Montenegro, 15th June. 



1. Dalmatia. 



5. Greece ( T. Kriiper'). 

 4. Greece (T. K.). 



4. Missolong-hi, Greece, 3rd June 

 ( W. H. Simpson : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



1. Attica, Greece, 20th May (T. K.). 



2. Attica, 27th May (T. K.). 

 1 . Attica, 1st June" (T. K.}. 

 4. Attica, 1st June (T. K.}. 

 4. Attica, 4th June. 



W. RadcliiFe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



Dr. Thienemann. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



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Seebohm Coll, 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

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