110 Mr. H. E. Dresser on rare or 



which is now in the collection of Professor Newton at 

 Cambridge. The nest and the remaining eggs are in the 

 Museum at Athens. 



(8) Emberiza stewarti. White-capped Bunting. (PI. III. 

 fig- 14.) 



Emberiza steivarti Dress. Man. Pal. B. p. 367. 



This Bunting breeds in Afghanistan, Kashmir, and on the 

 hills about Murree, but I cannot ascertain that the eggs 

 have ever been figured. Major Wardlavv Ramsay found the 

 bird breeding in Afghanistan towards the end of April, and 

 in May and June. The nests were placed under roots on 

 sloping banks or hill-sides, and were composed entirely of 

 dried grass ; the eggs were generally four in number, but 

 occasionally five. I have figured one egg out of a clutch of 

 two taken by Major Wardlaw Ramsay in Afghanistan on 

 the 28th of May, 1879, which differ but little from each 

 other. In size the eggs of this Bunting average about 078 

 by 0'59 inch. 



(9) Emberiza strachevi. Eastern Meadow-Bunting. 

 (PI. III. figs. 13, 15.) 



Emberiza stracheyi Dress. Man. Pal. B. p. 368. 



Although this Eastern representative of the European 

 Meadow-Bunting (E. cia) breeds commonly in the Hima- 

 layas, at altitudes of from 4000 to 9000 feet, and its nesting- 

 habits, nest, and eggs were well described by Mr. Oates 

 (' Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds/ ii. pp. 168-170), the 

 eggs have not yet been figured ; and as they differ slightly 

 from those of E. cia I have thought it advisable to figure 

 two which were taken by Mr. J. Davidson at Guild, Kashmir, 

 on the 29th of May, 1876. The nest of this Bunting is 

 said to be always placed on the ground, and is externally 

 constructed of grass-stems and lined with finer stems and a 

 few hairs or moss-roots, the number of eggs varying from 

 three to five. 



(10) Muscicapula superciliaris. White-breasted Blue 

 Flycatcher. 



Muscicapula superciliaris Sharpc, Cat. B. iv. p. 203. 



