Family FRINGILLIDAE. 

 Emberiza calandra L. — Corn-Bunting. 



(Plate 26, fig. a-d). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neeriandica, p- 19, No. 35). 



Colour of surface of shell; 

 Colour of spots: 



Average dimensions: 

 Average weight of shell: 

 Texture of shell: 

 Shape : 



Nest: 



Site of nest: 



Number of eggs: 

 Breeding season: 

 Duration of incubation: 



reddish grey; reddish yellow; sometimes 

 slightly ash-bluish. 



dark brown; yellowish brown; greyish red 

 or brown ; when lying deeper they are of 

 a violet grey appearance. 



24.5 X 17.6 millimetres. 



0.186 gram. 



offers no special characteristic. 



varying between short and oblong ovoidal. 



consists of coarse vegetable material, lined 

 with small roots and hair. 



on or immediately above the ground, on the 

 sides of ditches, in arable land and hay 

 fields. 



4—6. 



April— July. 



about 14 days. 



