232 PRINGIILIDJS. 



Emberiza pallasi (Cab.). 



Emteriza papserina, Sharpe {nee Pall.), Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 485 

 (1888): Nehrk. Kat. Biersamml. p. Ill (1890); Dresser, Man. Pal. 

 Birds, pt. i. p. 371 (1902). 



Emberiza pallasi, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. u. p. 194 (1904) ; Sliarpe, 

 Hand-l. V. p. 277 (1909). 



Eggs of Pallas's Bunting are similar to those of E. schcenidus. 

 They measure from -7 to -75 in length, and from -55 to -57 in 

 breadth. 



5 Irkutsk, E. Siberia, 3rd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l. 

 2. Amur River (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Emberiza pusilla, Pall. 



Emberiza pusilla, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 173 (1873) ; Seebohm 

 ^- Harvie-Broim, Ibis, 1876, p. 116 ; Dresser, Birds Bur. iv. p. 235 

 (1877) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 337 ; id., Brit. Birds, ii. p. 144, 

 pi. 15 (1884) ; Shaiye, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 487 (1888) ; Oates, 

 Faxma Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 255 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Sibir. 

 Orient, p. 594 (1891) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 250, pi. 57. 

 figs. 15 & 16 (1896) ; Popham, Ibis, 1897, p. 96 ; 1898, p. 503 ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 112 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 363 

 (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 188 (1904) ; .Jmrd. Eggs 

 Europ. Birds, p. 112, pi. 15. fig. 6 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 277 

 (1909). 



Schcenicola pusilla, Bey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 294, pi. 123. fig. 6 

 (1904). 



The eggs of the Little Bunting are of a broad oval form, somewhat 

 sharply pointed and slightly gloss)'. The ground-colour is variable. 

 In some eggs it is lavender-grey ; in others pale ashy-blue or pale 

 green, and in others again pale pinkish-buff. The markings are 

 jnore uniform, consisting of spots, streaks and twisted lines of rich 

 purplish-brown or reddisb-brown, so intense at times as to appear 

 almost black. These surface-markings are more or less blurred at 

 the edges and blend with the surrounding ground-colour. The 

 underlying shell-markings consist of blotches and clouds of lavender- 

 or lilac-grey. Numerous eggs measure from -65 to "79 in length, 

 and from -52 to "6 in breadth. 



2. East Finmark, 22nd June (iy^orrfra). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Archangel, N. Russia, 22nd June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Pinega, Archangel, 27th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l. 

 2. Petchora River, Lat. 68^= N., 23rd Seebohm Coll. 

 June (-ff, Seebohm £/• J. A. Har- 

 vie-Brown) . 



6. Yenesei River, Lat. 67° N., eth Seebohm Coll. 



June (H. S.). 

 5. Yenesei River, Lat. eei'^N., 23rd Seebohm Coll. 

 June (H. S.) 



