238 FRIXGILLID^. 



pt. i. p. 349 (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 173 (1904) ; 

 Jnurd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 103, pi. 14. figs. 8, 9 (190(3) ; Sharpe, 

 Uand-l. V. p. 279 (1909). 



The eggs of the Yellow-breasted Buuting are mostly of a broad 

 oval form and have a considerable amount of gloss. They are very 

 variable. Some are quite inseparable ftrom eggs of E. schceniclus. 

 Others are greyish-green, blotched and smeared with two shades of 

 olive-brown, and some underlying lavender-grey, and with some 

 spots and short lines of deep brown or black. Others again are 

 purplish-grey marked with spots, specks, and lines of deep purplish- 

 brown and clouds and smears of lilac-grey. They measure from "72 

 to 'SS in length, and from '58 to -62 in breadth. 



3. Archangel, Kussia {Nordvi). Seebohm Coll. 



1. South Russia (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 5. Moscow, 9th June (Lorenz). Seobohm Coll. 



2. Daraaun, Dauria, S. Siberia Seebohm Coll. 



(Dybowski). 



2. Darasun {Dybowaki). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, 9th June Seebohm Coll. 



(Kibort). 



5. Krasnoyarsk, 9th June {Eibort). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Krasnoyarsk, 24th June {Kibort). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Krasnoyarsk, 8th June. W. liadcUffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.] 

 3. Krasnoyarsk, 8th June. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.J. 



6. Krasnoyarsk, 13th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Altai Mountains (rarecc^). Seebohm Coll. 



2. East Siberia (Dyioiosfe' ; Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



5. Saporo, Yezo, Japan, 15th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Emberiza citrinella, Linn. 



Emberiza citrinella, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. p. 363, tab. xxxiii. 

 %. 4, a-d (1845-64); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 3. fig. 8 

 (1855-68) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 188, pi. xlvii. fig. ii 

 (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 171 (1871) [part.] ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, ii. p. 160, pi. 13 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, B. M. xii. p. 515 

 (1888) [part.] ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 253, pi. 58. figs. 3 

 & 4 (1896) ; Mey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 284, pi. 37. figs. 6-11 

 (1900) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 353 (1902) ; Jourd. Eggs 

 Europ. Birds, p. 98, pi. 13. figs. 6-11 (1906) : Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 279 (1909). 

 Emberiza citrinella citrinella, Hartert, Vog, Pal. Faun vt. ii n 167 

 (1904). ^ ^ 



The eggs of the Yellow Bunting or Yellow Ammer are of a 

 broad oval form and are frequently highly glossy. The ground- 

 colour varies from purplish- white to pale pinkish-bufF. The 

 markings consist chiefly of spots and an intricate network of lines 

 of a deep purplish-brown or black. The spots are generally small 



