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nearly circular form and are distinctly glossy. The ground-colour 

 is white or yellowish- white and the markings are of two types. 

 In five clutches the entire surface of the shell is more or less 

 thickly and finely mottled all over with dull reddish-brown or 

 purplish-brown and underlying violet-grey. In two other clutches 

 the markings take the form of distinct spets and small blotches of 

 reddish-brown and pale lilac, and one has additional fine irregular 

 lines and spots of burnt-sienna. They measure from '72 to -82 

 in length, and from -58 to -65 in breadth. The roundest egg 

 measures "75 by "65. 



1. Amur River, B. Siberia {Dy- Crowley Bequest. 



bowshi: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Kmxiv^wBV (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



6. Chin-kiang, China, 28th May. 0. B. Biekett, Esq. [P.l. 



4. Chin-kiang, 28th June. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Chin-kiang, 2nd July. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.J. 

 6. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, 1st W. RadclifiFe Saunders, Esq. 



July. [P.]. 



5. Fujiyama, 29th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Emberiza arcuata, Sharpe. 



(Plate XI. fig. 5.) 



Emberiza arcuata, Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 494 (1888) ; Dresser, 

 Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 361 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 278 

 (1909). 



Emberiza fucata, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 252 (1890) ; id., 

 ed. Hnme, Nests <§• Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 166 (1890). 



Emberiza fucata arcuata, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 187 (1904). 



Two eggs of the Himalayan Grrey-headed Bunting taken at Simla 

 are of a regular oval or pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. 

 They are pale greenish- grey, densely speckled and mottled all over 

 with very pale umber-brown and underlying grey. The markings 

 are more dense at the large end than elsewhere and form an ill-defined 

 cap. They measure respectively : "BS by '57 ; "79 by '56. 



2. Simla, Himalaya, June. Hume Coll. 



Emberiza elegans, Temm. 



Emberiza elegans, Radde, Rets. Siberia, ii, p. 165, pi. v. (1863); Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 497 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 122 

 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 355 (1902); Hartert, 

 Viig. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 174 (1904) ; Sharpe, Saud-l. v. p. 278 

 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Yellow-throated Bunting are of a rather broad 

 and somewhat pointed oval shape and very glossy. The ground- 

 colour is whitish faintly clouded with lilac-grey, and somewhat 



