M SECOND YARKAND MISSION, 



Subfamily EMBERIZINjE. 

 Genus PYRRHULO RH YNCH A. 



81. Pyrrhulorhyncha pyrrhuloides. 



Emberizu pyrrhuloides , Pall. Zoogr. Eosso-Asiat. ii. p. 49 (1811) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873) • 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 249; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 166 (1876); Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer! 

 Wien, 1883, p. 90. 



Schoenicola pyrrhuloides (Pall.) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 177 (1876). 



Pyrrhulorhyncha pyrrhuloides , Finsch, Yerh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 106; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xii. p. 475 (1888). 



Nos. 1240, 1242. Maralbashi, January 1874. 



No. 1288. Kashghar, January 31, 1874. — Iris dark hazel ; feet blackish brown ; tarsi 

 brown. 



Nos. 1708, 1711. Yarkand, May 22, 1874. 

 Nos. 1775, 1780, 1781. Yarkand, May 24, 1874. 



In Dr. Stoliczka's ' Diary ' occurs the following : — " Yarkand^ May 22nd. I got the eggs of 

 the Black-headed Bunting (^. pyrrhuloides), which Biddulph brought first from Maralbashi. 

 It is common here. I got altogether three nests ; two had four and one five eggs. The nest 

 is a nicely -made, round, cup-shaped structure, composed outside of coarse J^^^c^s-stalks, inside 

 of fine grass with a thin lining of horse-hair. The nest is perfectly round, inside about If inch 

 deep, with an inside diameter of 2\ inches. The eggs are greenish grey, marbled and streaked 

 with blackish brown of a deeper and paler shade, the colouring being more abundant towards 

 the broader end." 



Dr. Scully's note is as follows: — ''The first specimen was shot at Beshkant in the 

 beginning of February in waste ground overgrown with small bushes. Three other specimens 

 were obtained near Yarkand in April. This bird frequents the edges of marshy ground and 

 rice-fields, breeds in Kashgharia, and is probably a permanent resident. The Turki name for 

 this Bunting is ' Karabash Kuchkach,' the ' Black-headed Bird.' The Yarkandi Shikaris say 

 that the nest of this species is always placed in Yehan, i, e, 'reed-beds.' " 



Genus EMBERIZA. 



82. Emberiza schceniclus. 



Emberiza schoeniclm, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 311 (1766) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873) ; Finsch, 

 Yerh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 217 ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 81 ; Scully, t. c. p. 575 ; Homeyer & Tancre, 

 MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 90; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 480 (1888). 



Cynchramus schceniclus (L.) ; Prjev. in Eowley^s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 309 (1877). 



Schoenicola arundinacea (Gm.) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 177 (1876). 



Emberiza schoenicola, Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 166 (1876) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 84. 



No. 925, S juv. Sanju, November 1, 1873. 



No. 930. Khushtagh, November 2, 1873. 



No. 968. Karghalik, November 7, 1873. 



Nos. 1001, 1002, 1006, 1008, 1011. Yarkand, November 12, 1873. 



