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Emberiza personata, Temm. 

 (Plate XI. figs. 9-11.) 



Emberiza personata, Blahist. Sf Fryer, Birds Japan, p. 170 (1882) ; 



Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 521 (1888) ; Seebohm, Birds Japan. 



Emp. p. 136 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. SibSr. Orient, p. 567 (1891) ; 



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



pt. i. p. 350 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 280 (1909). 

 Emberiza spodocephala personata, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 177 



(1904J. 



Three eggs procured by Pryer and said to be those of Temminck's 

 Japanese Bunting are of the same type as those of E. suVphurata 

 and may be of that species. They diflfer in having the ground- 

 colour greyish-white and the surface-markings larger, better defined, 

 and of a darker chocolate-brown. The shell-markings also cover 

 less of the ground-colour. Five other clutches are of a very diflfereut 

 type, the ground-colour is pale greenish-white more or less heavily 

 blotched all over with maroon-brown, purplish-brown, and purplish- 

 grey, with irregular lines, spots, and even blotches of deep purplish- 

 brown scattered over the shell. They measure from '74 to '8 in 

 length, and from -57 to -62 in breadth. 



5 Japan. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Japan (jff. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, 2ad June. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



2. Fujiyama, 8th June. W. Badcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Fujiyama, 17th June. H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



3. Gotemba, Hondo, 24th May. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Emberiza spodocephala, Pall. 



Emberiza spodocephala, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 622 (1888) ; 



Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 113 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 



pt. i. p. 350 (1902) ; id. Ibis, 1904, p. 109, pi. iii. figs. 10 & 12 ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 280 (1909). 

 Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 176 (1904). 



Eggs of the Black-faced Bunting are of a broad, rather pointed 

 oval shape and more or less glossy. The ground-colour varies from 

 pale greenish-white to pinkish-white. The markings vary greatly. 

 Some eggs are like those of E. personata, heavily blotched and 

 spotted all over with maroon-brown, purple-brown, or umber-brown 

 and purple-grey, and have often irregular darker markings scattered 

 over the shell. Other eggs are clouded and mottled over the entire 

 shell with umber-brown or dull maroon. Two eggs from Sidemi, 

 received in the Crowley Bequest under the name of E. sulphurata, 

 are of quite a different type and in colour and markings resemble 

 eggs of E. chrysophrys, described from the same locality. They are, 

 however, of a much narrower and more pointed oval shape. Possibly 



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