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still to any other of the genus unless it be those of the 
variable Tree Pipit. Are its eggs likewise variable? 
My own clutch (Ost Finmarken, June 19, 1882) are 
most like to small rich forms of the Lapland Bunting. 
Grey in his ‘Birds of Scotland’ says that it was seen 
at Dunbar in great numbers during the winter of 1846; 
and that later at Dunbar he shot three specimens, he 
wrote about it to Mc. Gilhwvray but he recetved no answer. 
These birds have not been preserved, and Professor Newton 
is inclined to assign them to ‘Rupestris’ it will depend on 
Grey’s capability of distinguishing between the two forms. 
CALANDRA LARK. 
(ALAUDA CALANDRA.) 
Rejected from the B.O.U, List. 
Rejected by Newton. 
Rejected by Seebohm. 
Mr. Seebohm is of opinion that the bird has with “ Z¢¢/- 
doubt visited England ,” it has been captured in Heligoe 
land. The two instances have no reliable source. 
My set of five eggs, three of them taken near Sarepta, 
June 20, 1882, are larger than those of the White-winged 
Lark from Russia, and have bolder markings than the 
Skylark’s. 
THE NEEDLE-TAILED SWIFT. 
(CH@:TURA CAUDACUTA.) 
Admutted to the B.O.U. List. 
Noticed by Newton. 
Admitted by Seebohm. 
The occurrences seem distinctly and admittedly establish- 
