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4. Elbeuf, France, April (Xoui-i/ ; 



Ilargitt Coll.). 

 ?>. Elbeuf, June (Xoun/ : Han/ it/ 

 Coll.). 



3. Elheui {Nouri/ : Haryitt Coll.). 

 ;i. Elbeuf (A'oitry; Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Malaga, Spai'u, 28th May (H. 



Saunders). 



4. Malaga, 28tli .Alay (//. 5'. .• Har- 



(jiit Coll.). 

 4. Malaa-a, 5tli June [H. S.: Hur- 



giit Coll.). 

 .'!. Malaga, ISth June (If. S.). 

 ?>. Malaga, 18tli June (if. .S'.). 



4. Bilek, Herzegovina, April. 



5. Parnassus, Greece, 18th May {H. 



Seebohm !^' T. Kriiper). 

 3. Parnassus, 18th May (H. S. S,- 



T. K.). 

 r>: Parnassus, 19th Mav (7f. S. ^^ 



T. K.). 

 5. Parnassus, 2nd June {H. 8. ^- 



T.K.). 

 3. Smyrna, 5th June [T. Kniper). 

 2. Alg-eria. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 AV. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Emberiza liortulana, Linn. 



Eniberiza hortulana, Thteti. Fortpjianz. yes. Voy. p. 267, tab. xxxiii 

 fig. 7, a~d (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 3. tig. 5 (1855 

 63) ; Hewitson, Eyys of Brit. Birds, i. p. 191, pi. xlviii. tig. i (1856) 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 185 (1871) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii 

 p. 153, pi. 15 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 530 (1888) 

 Seebohm, Eyqs of Brit. Birds, p. 251, pi. 57. figs. 18 & 19 (1896) 

 Rey, Eier Voy'. Mittelcurop. p. 288, pi. 37. figs. 16-20 (1900) 

 Dresser, 3Ian. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 356 (1902); Hartert, Voy. Pal. 

 Faun. pt. ii. p. 180 (1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 106, pi. 13 

 tigs. 16-20 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 281 (1909). 



Eggs of the Ortolan Bunting are of an extremely broad oval form 

 and highly glossy. They are greenish-white in some cases, greyish- 

 pink in others, spotted, streaked, and blotched with rich purplish- 

 or chocolate-brown. A few specimens are beautifully marked with 

 a delicate tracery of fine lines round the broad end, i'orming a 

 wreath or zone, but the majority are marked with spots and short 

 streaks only. The underlying markings are purplish-grey, but they 

 are faint and indistinct. The eggs measure from •71 to -8 in 

 length, and from '57 to •67 in breadth. 



