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SECOND YABKAND MISSION. 
85. Emberiza luteola. 
Emberiza luteola, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, fasc. iv. taf. 93 (1788) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p 
249 ; 
. Scully 
90; 
Str. F. iv. p. 167 ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 60; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. ora. Yer. Wien, ’ ggg). 
Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 506 (1888) ; id. Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. pt. 3, p- 8 
Emberiza brunneiceps, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873). , ibid- 
Euspiza luteola (Sparrm.); Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 66; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 81; * ’gg 7). 
p. 575 ; C. Swinb. Ibis, 1882, p. 114 ; Bidd. ibid. p. 282; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. P- ® 
Nos. 1703, 1735, 1757, J , 1759, 1761, 1764. Yarkand, May 16 to 21, 1874. 
Nos. 1785, 1787, 1788, 6 . Soutli-wost of Ighiz Yar, May 18, 1874. 
Nos. 1694, 1695, 6 $ . Kizil, May 19, 1874. 
No. 1837, $ . Kugiar, June 1, 1874. 
All birds in full breeding-plumage. ^y, 
Colonel Biddulpb writes : — “ We never saw this Bunting during the winter or y a r, 
w 7 hen, on our return from the Pamir, we emerged from the hills. We first saw it at W- a ti 011, 
and thenceforward noticed it in abundance everywhere in the plains and amongst cu 
It was breeding.” pastel' 11 
Dr. Scully says : — “ This species is a seasonal visitant to the plains 0 ^ ^ei' e 
Turkestan, arriving about the end of April and leaving in September. The ^^y aV 
numerous from the end of May to July near Yarkand. This Bunting breeds ui 
June.” He gives a full description of the nest and eggs. f}(Sp^ (l 
On the 27th of May, Dr. Stoliczka writes in his ‘Diary’: — “Near Yarkan of 
luteola is building a nest in low bushes in open gardens.” At Besliterek on th® ^ 0 la, 
May he observes : — “A man brought a nest which he assured me was that of /- ^ yel/ 
called Sure kulshkajtsh. The nest was on or very near the ground; made outsit ■ ^ jeep 
coarse grass, inside lined with hair of horse and other animals. It is only about 
and about 2|- inches m diameter; somewhat loosely constructed, like that of a jjjicfc 
The eggs are whitish, dotted all over with brown, the dots most numerous round 
end.” 
86. Emberiza hortulana. 
f. 
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Emberiza hortulana, L. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1875, P- & faV cre ’ 
East. Persia, ii. p. 259 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 80; Scully, t. c. p. 574; Homey pi»»' 
MT. oru. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 90 ; Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 530 (1888) ; id- 
Soc. (2) Zool. v. pt. 3, p. 80 (1889). 
No. 1709. Yarkand, May 22, 1874. ^ 
Dr. Scully notices the occurrence of the Ortolan Bunting in Gilgit during t) r P e 
passage. He says that his specimen was inseparable from European examples, aUC ^- llX to ^ 
specimen of Emberiza shah in the Paris Museum was likewise considered by ^ ^ c ]ea lCl 
identical with ordinary E. hortulana. Eastern specimens, however, are always ° etl ce 
and brighter colour than the western ones, but I do not think there is sufficient c 1 
which to found a subspecific distinction. 
