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clutches of these eggs, no two of which ch)sely resemble 

 each other. Three are of the type of the Reed-Bunting; 

 one has some resemblance in markings and colour to an egg of 

 E. spodocephala ; another, Mr. Dresser states, has a resem- 

 blance to the green type of E. rustica, but is more brown in 

 tinge ; three are of the Reed-Bunting type but rufous in 

 tinge, and one of these has very few of the scratchy markings 

 so characteristic of E. schoeniclus. The nests were always 

 lined with fine dry grass, with the exception of one, which 

 contained a few reindeer-hairs. The greatest number of 

 eggs was six, and this number was found on three occasions. 

 The song of the Little Bunting is pleasanter than that of 

 most Buntings. 



60. *Emberiza schceniclus. 



It was only at Yermakovo, just north of the Arctic circle, 

 that I saw the Reed-Bunting, though I have no doubt it is 

 common in other parts, as both Seebohm and Dr. Theel 

 observed it elsewhere in the Yenisei valley. 



The only nest found was built on the top of a willow- 

 stump. I saw nothing of the smaller E. polaris, of which 

 Seebohm obtained two specimens on the Arctic circle. 



EmBERIZA POLARIS. 



(Seebohm, at Koorayika.) 



61. *Calcarius lapponicus. 



1 found Lapland Buntings common and nesting as far 

 north as we went (hit. 72° 50' N.) ; but did not observe them 

 at Yeniseisk, as in 1895. 



62. *PLECTROPnENAX NIVALIS. 



(Jolchika was the first place at which I saw Snow-Buntings ; 

 two nests were found under logs of drift-wood. 



63. AlAUDA AKVENSIS. 



There was only one place in which I saw Sky-Lai'ks, and 

 that was on the meadow-land near Yeniseisk, whcie I also 

 saw the Richard^s Pipits, 



61. Otocorys alpestris, 



Shore-Larks pass through Yeniseisk on migration in small 



