Family FRINGILLIDAE. 

 Emberiza citrinella L. — Yellow Bunting. 



(Plate 24, fig. a-f). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 19, No. 36). 



Colour of surface of shell; 

 Colour of spots: 



Average dimensions: 

 Average weight of shell: 

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Nest: 



Site of nest: 



Number of eggs: 

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dull white: faint reddish or bluish grey. 



brown, in various variegations, sometimes 

 very dark; pigment lying deeper is of a 

 violet grey appearance. 



21.2 X 15.9 millimetres. 



0.206 gram. 



not specially characterized. 



usually short ovoidal. 



is formed of various parts of plants, lined 

 with horse-hair. 



on the ground under the shelter of dense 

 vegetation; or in bushes of diverse nature 

 at a height of sometimes more than a metre. 



5 (after-set: 3—4). 



April— July. 



about 14 days. 



