604 AVES. 



Midd., Sibir. Reis., p. 148, taf. xiii, fig. 4, 1851 ; Schl., Yog. Nederl., pi. 147, 1854; Jaub. 



& Barth., Lap. Rich. Orn., p. 163, pi. ,1859; Sehrenk, Reis. Amurl., p. 289, 1859; 



Fritsch., Tog. Eur., tab. 20, fig. 3 ; Sundev., Sv. Fogl., pi. Ixv, fig. 5 ; Schl, Dier. Nederl. Vog., 



pi. XV, fig. 9, 1861 ; Radde, Reis, Ost.-Sibir. Orn., p. 171, 1863 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 



376, 1863 ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 59; Swinhoe, Proe. Zool. 



See, 1871, p. 389; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, pp. 490, 497; id., 1876, pp. 279,291; 



Seebobm & Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 116; Gatke, Jouru. £iir Ornith., vol. xxiv, 1876, p. 99; 



Ibis, 1876, p. 128; Finsch., Ibis, 1877, pp. 57, 62, 64; Seebobm, i. c, p. 157; W. Ramsay, 



t. c, p. 462. 

 Emheriza durazzi, Bonap., Faun. Ital. Ucc, pi. xxxvi, fig. 1, 1832-41. 

 Oajris ohwpiis, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844; id., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1845, p. 35 ; Horsf. 



& Moore, Cat. B.Mus.E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 488, 1856; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, 



Coll. Hodgs., p. 58, 1863. 

 Emheriza sordida, Hodgs., Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 958, 1844. 

 Emheriza oinopus, Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Hodgs., 1856, p. 108. 

 Buscarla jjusilla, Bonap., Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1857, p. 163, pi. ix. 

 Ci^nohramus pnsillus, Degl. & Gerbe, Orn. Eur., Bd. i, p. 327, 1867. 

 Citrinella jmsilla, Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 115, 1870. 

 Euspiza pusilla, Blytb & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 95, 



1875. 



a. S Ponsee, 16tb March 1868. 



b. „ April 1868. 



This species was not uncommon on the terraces of paddy cultivation and in the 

 hush- jungle surrounding these and the village of Ponsee, the only locality where 

 it was ohtained. 



Genus Melophtjs, Swainson. 

 64. Melophtjs melanictebus, Gmelin. 



Maineau de Macao, Buffon, Hist. Nat. des Oiseaux, t. iv, 1777, pi. 224, fig. 1. 



Fringilla melanictera, Gm., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 910, 1788, ex Bufi:. 



Emheriza erytliroptera, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn., pi. 132, 1825-39. 



Emheriza cristaia, Vig., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1831, p. 35 ; Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 93 ; Blyth, 

 Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xi, p. 602, 1842. 



E.nheriza lathami, J. E. Gray, Zool. Misc., p. 2, 1831. 



Emheriza suhcrisiata, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 93. 



Emheriza nipalensis, Hodgs., As. Res., vol. xix, p. 157, 1836 ; id., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 84, 

 1844. 



Melophus erijthropterus, Swainson, Classif. B., vol. ii, p. 290, 1837. 



JEusjnza lalhami,Gxa,j,Gen.'R.,Yo\.\\,^. 376, 1844; Blytb, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiii, 

 p. 957, 1844; id.. Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, Bengal, p. 129, 1849 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c.', 

 Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 107, 1846; id., Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 112, 1870. 



Melophus 'melanicterus, Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 470, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. 

 Co., vol. ii, p. 489, 1856 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 381, 1863 ; G. King, Journ. As. Soc, 

 Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 216; Swinhoe, Proe. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 387; Hume, Stray 

 Feathers, 1873, p. 47; Cock. & Marsh., t. c, p. 357; Hume, i. c, p. 388; Brooks, 

 o;?. «7., lS75,p. 254; Butler, t. c, p. 498; Godwin -Austen, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 1874,' 

 p. 171 ; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra Nc, p. 95; Butler, 



