Family FRINGILLIDAE. 



Emberiza schoeniclus L. — Reed-Bunting. 



(Plate 23, fig. a-e). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 22, No. 43). 



Colour of surface of shell; 



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olive brownish; brownish yellow; reddish 

 brown yellow; greyish brown. 



blackish brown, frequently with blotches 

 with blurred edges like those of eggs of 

 coelebs; when lying deeper they are of an 

 ash-grey appearance. 



19.4 X 14.5 millimetres. 



0.135 gram. 



not specially characterized. 



usually short ovoidal. 



is built of dry parts of plants, lined with 

 hair and seed down. 



usually near the ground, sometimes on it, 

 but also sometimes half a metre from the 

 ground between willow shoots standing 

 circularly close together. 



5, sometimes 6 (after-set: 3—4). 



May— July. 



about 13 days. 



