604 AVES. 



Midd., Sibir. Reis., p. 148, taf. xiii, fig. 4, 1851 ; Sehl, Vog. Nederl., pi. 147, 1854; Jaub. 



& Barth., Lap. llich. Orn., p. 163, pi. ,1859; Scbrenk, Reis. Amurl., p. 289, 1859; 



Fritsch., Vog. Eur., tab. 20, fig. 3 ; Sundev., Sv. Fogl., pi. lxv,fig. 5 ; Schl.,Dier. Nederl. Yog., 



pi. XV, fig. 9, 1861 ; Radde, Heis, Ost.-Sibir. Orn., p. 171, 1868 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 



376, 1863; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 59; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. 



Soc, 1871, p. 389; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, pp. 490, 497; id., 1876, pp. 279,291; 



Seebohm & Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 116; Gatke, Journ. fiir Ornith., vol. xxiv, 1876, p. 99; 



Ibis, 1876, p. 128; Finsch., Ibis, 1877, pp. 57, 62, 64; Seebohm, t. c, p. 157; W. Eamsay, 



L c, p. 462. 

 Emberiza durazzi, Bonap., Faun. Ital. Ucc, pi. xxxvi, fig. 1, 1832-41. 

 Ocyris oinopus, Hodgs., in Gray^s Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844; id., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1845, p. 35 ; Horsf. 



& Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 488, 1856 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, 



Coll. Hodgs., p. 58, 1863. 

 Emberiza sordida, Hodgs., Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 958, 1844. 

 Emberiza oinopus, Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c, Hodgs., 1856, p. 108. 

 Busearlapusilla, Bonap., Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1857, p. 163, pi. ix. 

 Ci/nchramus pusillus , Degl. & Gerbe, Orn. Eur., Bd. i, p. 327, 1867. 

 Ciirinella pusilla, Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 115, 1870. 

 Eus'piza pusilla) Blytb & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 95, 



1875. 



a. S Ponsee, 16tli March 1868. 



b. „ April 1868. 



This species was not uncommon on the terraces of paddy cultivation and in the 

 bush- jungle surrounding these and the village of Ponsee, the only locality where 

 it was obtained. 



Genus Melophus, Swainson. 

 64. Melophus melanictertjs, Gmelin. 



Maineau de Macao, Buff on, Hist. Nat. des Oiseaux, t. iv, 1777, pi. 224, fig. 1, 



Fringilla melanictera, Gm., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 910, 1788, ex Buff. 



Emberiza erythroptera, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn., pi. 132, 1825-39. 



Emberiza cristata, Yig., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1831, p. 35 ; Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 93 ; Blyth, 

 Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xi, p. 602, 1842. 



E'.nberiza lathami, J. E. Gray, Zool. Misc., p. 2, 1831. 



Emberiza siibcrisiata, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 93. 



Emberiza nipalensis, Hodgs., As. Res., vol. xix, p. 157, 1836; id., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 84, 

 1844. 



Melophus erythropterus , Swainson, Classif. B., vol. ii, p. 290, 1837. 



Eiispiza lathami, Q,Yd^j,QiQTi.Vi.,N(A.\\,'^. 376, 1844; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiii, 

 p. 957, 1844; id., Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, Bengal, p. 129, 1849; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c, 

 Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 107, 1846; id., Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 112, 1870. 



Melophus melanicterus, Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 470, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. 

 Co., vol. ii, p. 489, 1856; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 381, 1863; G. King, Journ. As. Soc, 

 Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 216; Swinhoe, Proc Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 387; Hume, Stray 

 Feathers, 1873, p. 47; Cock. & Marsh., t. c, p. 857; Hume, t. c, p. 388; Brooks, 

 op. cit., 1875, p. 254; Butler, t. c, p. 498; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 1874, 

 p. 171 ; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 95; Butler, 



