1920.] Birds of North-East Chihli. 891 



105. Emberiza tristrami Swinhoe. 



Emberiza tristrann D. & O. p. 326 ; La T. p. 574. 



Tristram's Bunting passes from tlie end of April to the 

 end of May or tlie beginning of June. 1 have a female 

 found dead at ('hiuvvangtao on the 23rd of October, 1915, 

 by one of my ehildren. 



100. Emberiza cioides Brandt. 



Emberiza cioides D. & O. p. 328. 



The Eastern Meadow-Bunting is a very common resident 

 species in tiiis district. It is as elsewhere in China and 

 Manclmria a hill bird, l)ut comes down to the i)lains in 

 winter. During daiiuaiy aiid February, 1915, a flock 

 a[)peare(i here and remained throughout those two months, 

 feeding on the seeds of grasses on the bluff. This vvas^ no 

 doubt, on account of the severe weather which prevailed at 

 the time. One of these which I shot was a large bird, 

 measuring 3"30 in. in the wing. 1 have no Sii)erian exam[)les, 

 but 1 am unable to distinguish between birds from Fohkien, 

 the Lower Yaiigtse, and north-east Chihli. Birds from 

 (yhihfeng in northern (outer) Chihli, on the l)orders of the 

 Gobi Desert are precis(dy similar to those from Shanhaikuan, 

 and these do not differ appreciably from examples collected 

 in south-east China. Tin; chiu-s[)ot is a variable feature. 



The wing-ineasurements of 35 examples of this sp(;cies in 

 my collection are as follows : — 



in. in. in. in. 



Fohkien . . cT 9, 2-92-3-01, aver. 2-98. $ 5, 2-71-2-85, aver. 2-7C. 



Chinldanu-.. c^ 2, 2-'J(i-3-ll „ 3-04. 5 4, 2-80-2-90 „ 2-86 



N.K.Uhihli . J13, 3-01-3-30 „ 3-04. $ 2, 2-88-2-93 „ 2-91 



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Some thirty nests with eggs of this Bunting were brought 

 to me from the nuiuntain> north of Chinwangtao, on the 

 23rd of May (two ineompicte clutches), on the 26th of May 

 (coni[)lete and nearly all tresh), and on the 3rd & 15th of June, 

 and 2nd of July. The eggs brought on the last-mentioned 

 date were nearly fr( sh, but those taken in June were nearly 



