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4. Ilbeuf, France, April (Noury; Seebvhm Coll. 
Hargitt Coll.). 
3. Elbeuf, June (Noury: Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 
Coll.). 
3. Elbeuf (Noury: Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 
3. Elbeuf (Noury: Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Col). 
5. Malaga, Spain, 28th May (dH. Seebohm Coll. 
Saunders). 
4. Malaga, 28th May (H. S.: Har- Seebohm Coll. 
gitt Coll.). 
4. Malaga, 5th June (Hi. S.: Har- Seebohm Coll, 
gitt Coll.). 
83. Malaga, 15th June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 
3. Malaga, 18th June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 
4. Bilek, Herzegovina, April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pal 
5. Parnassus, Greece, 18th May (2. Seebohm Coll. 
Seebohm § T. Kriiper). 
3. Parnassus, 18th May (ZZ. S. & Seebohm Coll. 
ABM SG 
EWG) 
5. Parnassus, 19th May (H. 8. & Seebohm Coll. 
RE. 
5. Parnassus, 2nd June (H. &. & Seebohm Coll. 
IIT Gy 
3. Smyrna, 5th June (7. Kriiper). Seebohm Coll. 
2. Algeria. Salvin-Godman Coll, 
Emberiza hortulana, Linn. 
Emberiza hortulana, Then. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 267, t tab. xxxili. 
fie. 7, a—- d (1845- 54) ; Baedeker, Ever Eur. Vog. tab. 3. fig. 5 (1855- 
63) ; ’ Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p- 191, pl. xlviii. fig, 1 (1856) ; 
Dresser, Birds Eur. p-. 185 (1871) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii, 
p- 153, pl. 15 (1884) ; Sharpe Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 580 (1888) ; 
Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 251, pl. 57. figs. 18 & 19 oe) : 
Rey, Ever Vog. eee ie 288, pl. 37. figs. 16-20 (1900); 
Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. 1. p. 356 (1902) ; ‘Har tert, Vog. Pal. 
Faun. pt. il. 2 180 (1904); cand Eggs Europ. "Birds, p- 106, pl. 13 
figs. 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, forming 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 °S in 
length, and from ‘57 to ‘67 in breadth. 
5. Holland (J. Baker: Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
5. Holland, 30th May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
5. Holland, 2nd June. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
5. Valkenswaard, Holland (J. Baker). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
4. Valkenswaard. Seebohm Coll. 
5. Valkenswaard. Seebohm Coll. 
