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the eggs were much larger and coloured greyish white, pro- 
fusely spotted and speckled with red-brown, and with the 
usual blotches deep purplish brown. 
This is by far the commonest of the three Buntings which 
occur in the district, being everywhere abundant in the open 
country. One pair built their nest within a few yards of my 
tent, which was on the outer edge of our camp at Byan 
Kheyl, in the Hariab valley. The note is a feeble imitation 
of that of our English Yellowhammer, being neither so loud 
nor so prolonged. 
(722) EusPizA LUTEOLA. 
Euspiza luteola, Sparrm. Mus. Carlson. i. pl. 93. 
An exceedingly common species in Afghanistan. 
I cannot find any account of the nidification of this 
Bunting, which breeds so plentifully in the Hariab valley. 
The first nest found was on the 19th June, and I was 
somewhat surprised that neither nest nor eggs were at all 
like those of other Buntings. The nest in question was built 
in a small bush about 23 feet from the ground ; it was cup- 
shaped, and composed of dried grass, stalks of plants, shreds 
of juniper bark, and lined with a few goat’s hairs. It con- 
tained four eggs of a pale bluish-white colour, finely spotted 
with purplish stone-colour, the spots becoming larger at the 
thicker end ; the eggs not having arrived from India, I cannot 
give their exact dimensions. 
(725) HespERIPHONA ICTERIOIDES. 
Coccothraustes icterioides, Vigors, P. Z.8. 1831, p. 8. 
I shot a male specimen, one of a pair, on the Peiwar range 
at about 9000 feet. 
Tris reddish brown, bill apple-green (yellow ? Jerdon), legs 
carneous. 
This pair was evidently breeding. 
(728) Mycuropas carnerpus (Hodgs.). 
I only observed one pair, which I shot among the deodars 
near the camp at Byan Kheyl on the 30th April. 
