893 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the [Ibis, 



all more or less incubated. Most of these clutches are 

 exceedingly handsome, the ground-colour varying from a 

 dead white to a warm orange-pink. The tracery of lines 

 and spots is even more varied than in eggs taken further 

 south and occasionally encircles tlie whole egg. None of 

 the ego's bears any trace of the yellow blotches fouud on 

 Chinkiang or Fohkien eggs. 



This Bunting was very abundant in February 1890 in the 

 mountains of the Liautung Peninsula, and is doubtless a 

 resident species also in that locality. 



107. Emberiza godlewskii Tc^ezano\^ski. 



Emberiza cia and E. godlewskii 1). & O. i)p. ri27 & 546. 



Godlewski^'s Meadow-Bunting is a resident species in the 

 mountains of north-east Chilili. A male shot by me on the 

 2nd of May, 1915, was foraging among dry vegetation on a 

 stony reach of the Shih Ho. 



I procured three clutches of Meadow-Buntings' eggs 

 which I believe to belong to this species. All came from 

 the mountains north of Chinwangtao. One was brought to 

 me on the 23rd of May, the second on the 29th of May, and the 

 third, accompanied by a male bird, which the collector said 

 was owner of the nest^ on the 3rd of June, 1917. All these 

 eggs were fresh, each clutch being composed of four eggs.- 

 The eggs differ from those of E. cioides in having a pale 

 o-reen "-round-colour and fewer markings. The first clutch 

 is of a verv elongated ovate, a very unusual shape for these 

 Buntings^ eggs, the others are a broad ovate, one of the 

 cogs being a dwarf. Tiiey measure as follows : largest 

 ego- ()-87xO"57 in., smallest 0"6()X0"53 in., broadest 

 0-79 X 0-61 in., average 0'80 x 0-59 in. 



108. Emberiza leucocephala Gm. 

 Emberiza leucocephala D. & O. p. 329. 



The Pine Bunting is extremely common in winter in the 

 vicinity of Chinwangtao, and is found on the plains near the 

 hills ;is well as in the mountains. Two males shot near 

 Shanhaikuan in February have the throat pure chestnut 

 without pale fringes and the crown sary pure white. 



