466 EMBRRIZA MfLTARIA. EUSTIZA MF.LANOCEPIIALA. 



[§ 2533. Four. — Listillion, Donegal, 1 June, 1863. From 

 Mr. Robert Harvey, 1864.] 



Mr. Harvey writes :— " I do not consider this nestful to be good typical 

 representatives of the species. They are too clouded and indistinct; but it is 

 the only complete nestful I could get this season. It is strange how difficult 

 I find it to procure eggs of this bird, which is very abundant here. These 

 eggs were taken for me by George Lucas."] 



[§ 2534. 7%r^e.— Sparham, Norfolk, 16 June, 1868. From 

 Mr. Norgate. 



Mr. Norgate's note is : — " I seldom obtain more than three eggs from a 

 Bunting's nest."] 



[§ 2535. T^r^e.— Sparham, 23 June, 1875. From Mr. Nor- 

 gate.] 



\S 2536. 6»;?e.— East Yorkshire, 13 July, 1884. "E. N." 



My brother Edward's note is to the effect that while driving on a road near 

 Hornsea they stopped the carriage that one of his companions might gather 

 some grasses. After picking some for a minute or two, he said he saw a 

 brownish bird get up out of the grass close to him. On my brother going 

 to the place, he found the nest with four eggs, almost on the ground, the 

 grass being nearly three feet high, and the nest not three yards from the road, 

 which was apparently not much used, except for farming purposes. He went 

 away for about a quarter of an hour, but the bird had not returned when he 

 came back. This %^^, was fresh, and is undoubtedly a Gi-eat Bunting's.] 



\S 2537. Four. — Palma, Canary Islands, May, 1893. From 

 Mr. S. B. Wilson.] 



EUSPIZA MELANOCEPHALA (Scopoli). 



\S 2538. Two. — Lebanon, Palestine, 17 June, 1864. From 

 Mr. Tristram. 



From a nest of four near Hazreen. The Canon remarks of this species 

 ' Fauna and Flora of Palestine,' p. 71; that " there is nothing of the Bunting 

 in its habits and character."] 



