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(wings of males from Caspian provinces 66, 68, 69,69, 69, 72 mm, female 68). A 

 female from Tortum River 66. Hartert gives <J 73-76, $ 69-72 as measurements 

 of P. M. montanus. I have not been able to compare these N. Persian skins 

 with any from Caucasia, and provisionally refer them to transcaucasicus, Buturlin, 

 relying on Zarudny and Harm's identification. 



Tree Sparrows are locally common round Enzeli and Resht, and breed. 



Emberiza calandra calandra, L.— Corn Bunting. 

 1 $ , Resht — January. 

 The Corn Bunting was seen at Karind in November 1918, and at Resht and Enzeli 

 in occasional small flocks from January to March. At Menjil on 7th April 

 it appeared to be paired ; I found no nest, and was not in the locality later in 

 the month. 



Emberiza citrinella erythrogenys, Brehm. — Yellow Hammer. 

 2 ^ , 1 $ , Resht — January -February. 

 1^, Karind — November 1918. 



This eastern race of the Yellow Hammer was first met with at Karind where 

 I found small flocks at the end of November. At Enzeli and Resht it is common 

 in winter, but I never saw it after the end of February. Zarudny states that it 

 breeds in the Caspian Provinces of Persia. 

 Emberiza melanocephala, Scop. — Black-headed Bunting. 

 1^, Karind— 25th May (R. E. C). 



Cheesman saw the Black- headed Bunting in May at Karind and found a nest 

 ready for eggs at Hamadan on the 30th. He also noted it as breeding at Teheran. 

 I was at Qazvin from mid July until the autumn and never saw the bird. 



Emberiza hortulana, L. — Ortolan. 



3$, EnzeU— 28-30th April. 

 Small flocks of male Ortolans appeared at Enzeli on 28th April. Both sexes 

 were common in the bushes among the sand dunes tiU mid May, after which I 

 never saw them. They very likely breed on the slopes of the Elburz, but I do 

 not think do so in the lowlying coastal country. 

 Emberiza buchanani, Blyth. — Grey -necked Bunting. 

 {Emberiza huttoni, Blyth.) 



1$, Tochal, Elburz Mountains, near Tehran, 16th June (R.E.C.). 



I never met the Grey- necked Bunting. Cheesman's notes are : — " sings on 

 rocks, twice on one note then 2 or 3 times on a lower note easily recognized as 

 a bunting song. Several seen at 12,000 ft. , but not at lower elevations, and 

 only on bare mountain side with rocks and low vegetation. In distance is 

 indistinguishable from E. hortulana : organs advanced, apparently breeding." 



Emberiza cia par, Hartert.— Meadow Bunting. 

 2 (J, Menjil — 27th March. 

 1 J , Menjil— 15th July. 

 1$, Elburz Mts., Tehran 12,000 ft., 16th June. (R.E.C.) 



I found this race of the Meadow Bunting above Menjil, both in open oak forest 

 and also above the tree-line among Juniper bushes (7,000 ft.). The birds were 

 paired, 27th March. Cheesman's specimen was shot at 12,000 ft. and contained 

 "an unformed egg in the ovary. Iris brown, bill dark horn, legs light horn." 



The specimens agree with the type of E. cia par at Tring. 



Emberiza schoenidus schcenidus (L.) Common Reed Bunting. 

 1 , 2 $ , Resht and Enzeli. February. 



The Common Reed-Bunting was common in reeds and bramble bushes round 

 the lagoons in winter. The birds disappeared during the last fortnight in March 



