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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Subfamily EMBER IZIN2E. 
Genus PYRRHULORHYNCHA. 
81. Pyrrhulorhyncha pyrrhuloides. 
Emberiza pyrrhidoides, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 49 (1811) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p- y c r. 
Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 249; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 166 (1876); Homeyer & Taucre, MT. 011 
Wien, 1883, p. 90. 
Scheenicola pyrrhuloides (Pall.); Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 177 (1876). ^ jjrit. 
Pyrrhulorhyncha pyrrhuloides, Finsch, Yerli. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 106 ; Sharpe, Cat. 
Mus. xii. p. 475 (1888). 
Nos. 1240, 1242. Maralbashi, January 1874. . 
No. 1283. Kashgliar, January 31, 1874. — Iris dark hazel ; feet blackish brown > 
brown. 
Nos. 1708, 1711. Yarkand, May 22, 1874. 
Nos. 1775, 1780, 1781. Yarkand, May 24, 1874. 
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In Dr. Stoliczka’s ‘ Diary ’ occurs the following : — “ Yarkcmcl, May 22nd. I got ^ ^jpjisln- 
the Black -headed Bunting (A. pyrrhuloides), which Biddulph brought first from ^ ' ‘ X ^ ie pest 
It is common here. I got altogether three nests ; two had four and one five eggs- 
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is a nicely-made, round, cup-shaped structure, composed outside of coarse Juncus- sta 1 u** 
of fine grass with a tlnn lining of liorse-liair. The nest is perfectly round, inside abo ^ ea jced 
deep, with an inside diameter of 2| inches. The eggs are greenish grey, marbled anc oflra yds 
with blackish brown of a deeper and paler shade, the colouring being more abunda 
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Dr. Scully’s note is as follows : — ■“ The first specimen was shot at Beshkaih 
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beginning of Eebruary in waste ground overgrown with small bushes. Three other sp J a pd 
were obtained near Yarkand in April. This bird frequents the edges of marshy S l ] oll ^ e for 
rice-fields, breeds in Kashgharia, and is probably a permanent resident. The Turki 1 ga y 
this Bunting is ‘ Karabash Kuchkach,’ the ‘ Black-lieaded Bird.’ The Yarkandi Shi 
that the nest of this species is always placed in Yekan, i. e. ‘ reed-beds.’ ” 
Genus EMBERIZA. 
82. Emberiza schoeniclus. 
Emberiza schceniclus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 311 (1766); Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 
Yerli. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 217 ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 81 ; Scully, t. c. p. 575 ; Home) 61 
MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 90; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 480 (1888). 
Cynchramus schceniclus (L.) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 309 (1877). 
Scheenicola arundinacca (Gm.) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 177 (1876). 
Emberiza scheenicola, Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 166 (1876) ; C. Swinli. Ibis, 1882, p. 84. 
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No. 925, <S juv. Sanju, November 1, 1873. 
No. 930. Khushtagh, November 2, 1873. 
No. 968. Karghalik, November 7, 1873. 
Nos. 1001, 1002, 1006, 1008, 1011. Yarkand, November 12, 1873. 
