442 Dr. E. Hartert on Birds from 



and 5. vii. 1903; young birds in first plumage were shot on 

 14, 22. vii. 1903. 



72. Emberiza rutila Pall. 



Emberiza rutila Pallas, Reise d. versch. Prov. d. Russ. 



Reichs, iii. p. G98 (1776: " In salieetis ad Ononem, versus- 



que Mongolia? fines ") . 



S ad. Zarkarminski, 8. vi. 1903. (No. 10.) 



" Legs light brown; base of lower mandible light brown, 



upper mandible and tip of lower dark brown. " 



73. Emberiza leucocephala S. G. Cm. 



Emberiza leucocephahs S. G. Gmelin, Nov. Comm. Acad. 

 Sci. Imp. Petrop. xv. p. 480, pi. 23. fig. 3 (1771; Astrachan). 



From Gigalowa, Ustkutsk, Yakutsk, Olekminsk ; full- 

 fledged young, Yakutsk, Olekminsk, 21. vi. 1903. (Nos. 3, 

 4, 17, 53, 61, 02, 86, 112, 113.) 



The young bird in first plumage is rufons-brown above with 

 black-brown centres to the feathers ; throat, chest, and sides 

 striped with brown; abdomen white ; under tail-coverts dull 

 cinnamon with whitish edges ; legs yellowish, nails black ; 

 bill dark brown, corners of mouth yellow. 



74. Emberiza aureola Pall. 



Emberiza aureola Pallas, Reise d. versch. Prov. d. Rnss. 

 Reichs, ii. p. 711 (1773: "Hab. in Populetis, insulisque salice 

 luxuriantibus ad Irtin aliosque Sibiriie fluvios "). 



Found commonly at Gigalowa and other places on the 

 Upper Lena, Ustkutsk, Vitim, Olekminsk, Yakutsk, twenty 

 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Verchoyansk, and Nah- 

 tyuskaja. (Nos. 7, 10, 19, 22, 31, 32, 33, 35,41,46, 47, 50, 

 56, 57, 63, 69, 70, 76, 80, 81, 85, 89, 104, 105, 106, 108, 120, 

 133, 174, 340, 352, 387.) 



[Male and female take part in incubation. The male flew 

 off one nest, fluttered about, and trailed his breast upon the 

 ground within three or four yards of us, as if he had a broken 

 wing. The nests are placed in heads of stumps as well as in 

 low thick bushes very near to or upon the ground. The 

 female is exceedingly shy and will stop in an isolated bush 

 almost until she is driven out. Eggs were fresh on June 1 8th. 



