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3. Parnassus, 21st May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 6. Parnassus, 21st May (R. S.). Seebohm OoU. 



4. Asia Minor, 4th June. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Asia Minor, 4th June. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Smyrna, 16th May (T. Kriiper). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Smyrna, 17th May (r. -£■.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Smyrna, 18th May (T. -ST.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Smyrna, 25th Ma> (r./C). Seebohm CoU. 



5. Smyrna, 1st June (r. ^.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Smyrna, 2nd June (T. X). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Baluchistan, 3rd Mav. W. Radeliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Clutch containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). 



3 South Eussia, 80th May. W. Radeliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Emheriza luteola, Sparrm. 



Emberiza luteola, Scully, Stray Feath. iv. p. 167 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xii. p. 506 (1888) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. 

 p. 262 (18S8); Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. {Suppl.) p. 211 (1895); 

 Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 112 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 

 pt. i. p. 347 (1902) ; id.. Ibis, 1904, p. 109, pi. iii. figs. 7-9 ; Hartert, 

 VSg. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 171 (1904) ; Jmrd. Eggs Europ. Birds, 

 p. 102, pi. 14. figs. 10, 11 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 279 (1909). 



Euspiza luteola, Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 66; Bey, Eier Vog. 

 Mitteleurop. p. 299, pi. 38. figs. 10, 11 (1900). 



Eggs of the Eed-headed Bunting closely resemble those of 

 E. melanocephala. They are of a broad oval shape and have a con- 

 siderable amount of gloss. The ground-colour is very faint bluish- 

 white, minutely speckled or spotted all over with umber-brown and 

 underlying lilac-grey, the markings in some specimens forming an 

 irregular wreath round tlie broad endi They measure from -78 to 

 •90 in length, and from -57 to -63 in breadth. 



2. Askabad, 25th May. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Afghanistan, 19th June (P. G. Seebohm Coll. 



Wardlaw-Bamsay) . 



8 Issyk-kul, Turkestan, 17th May. W. Eadcliile Saunders, Esq. 



•' [P.]. 



2 Saisan-nor, Turkestan, Ist May. Crowley Bequest. , 



2. Saisan-nor, 8th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Emberiza aureola. Pall. 



Hypocentor aureola, Baedeker, Ei^r Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 11 (1855-68). 

 Euspiza aureola, Baedeker, J. f. O. 1856, p. 33, tab. li. fig. 15 ; Tacz. 



Fame Orn. SibSr. Orient, p. 603 (1891) ; Bey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. 



p. 296, pi. 38. figs. 8, 9 (1900). 

 -Emberiza aureola, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 223 (1871) ; Bree, Birds 



Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 164, pi. (1875) ; Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. zii. 



p 509 (1888) ; Oates, launa Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 259 (1890) ; 



JVeArA. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 112 (1899); Dressei; Man. Pal. Birds, 



