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FEINSILLIDiE. 



Emberiza melanocephala, Scop. 



Emberiza melanocepliala, Viien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Voy. p. 360, tab. xxxiii. 

 fig. 3, a-c (1845-54) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 151 (,1872) ; Bree, 

 Birds Jiur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 133, pi. (1875); beebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 165, pi. 15 (1884) ; Hharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 503 (1888) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 261 (1890) ; Seebnhm, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 254, pi. 58. Aprs. 6 & 7 (1896) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. 

 Birds,- pt. i. p. 346 (1902) ; Hartert, Vot/. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 170 

 (1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 101, pi. 14. figs. 12-15 (1906) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 279 (1909). 



Euspiza melanocephala, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 3. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 

 Rey, Eier Vog. Mittekurop. p. 298, pi. 38. figs. 12-16 (1000). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Bunting var)' in shape from a broad 

 to an excessively long narrow oval and are moderately glossy. 

 They are very pale greenish-blue, varying somewhat in shade, 

 speckled and spotted all over with dull reddish-brown and under- 

 lying lavender-grey, the markings being more dense at the larger 

 end. On some eggs the spots are large and might almost be termed 

 blotches; on others they are all fine ; while sometimes both large 

 and small markings are combined on the same specimen. The eggs 

 vary greatly in size, measuring from -82 to I'OS in length, and 

 from '6 to "7 in breadth. 



4. Montenegro, 15tli June. 



Dalmatia. 



Greece (T. Kriiper). 



Greece (T. K.). 



Missolonghi, Greece, 3rd June 



( W. IT. Simpson ; Tristram 



Coll.). 

 Attica, Greece, 20th May (T. K.). 

 Attica, 27th May {T. K). 

 Attica, lat June (T. K.). 

 Attica, 1st June {T. K.). 

 Attica, 4th June. 



Skopelos I., Greece, 1st June; 



Skopelos I., 1st June. 



W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



fP.]- 

 Dr. Thienemann. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Parnassus, 

 hohrri). 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parn&iisus, 

 Parnassus, 

 Parnassus, 



Greece, May {H, See- Seebohm Coll. 



6bo" 



17th May {H. S.). 

 18th May \H. S.). 

 19th May (IT. «.). 

 19th May (H. S.). 

 21st May {H. 8.). 

 2lst May (H. 8.). 

 21st May (//. S.). 

 21st May (H. S.). 

 21st May {H. 8.). 

 21st May {H. S.j. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



