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in a manner similar to the Larks. The Lapland 
Bunting, as its name implies, is a native of the 
northern regions. It is found in Siberia, also 
westward to Hudson’s Bay, in the Faroe Islands, 
Greenland, and Iceland during summer. The 
species however is not numerous in the higher 
northern latitudes. Towards summer they occa- 
sionally migrate southward as far as Switzerland. 
They breed on the shores of the Arctic seas, 
placing their nest, which is composed of dry grass, 
woven to a considerable thickness and neatly lined 
with deer’s hair, on a small hillock in a moist situa- 
tion among moss and stones. The female usually 
lays seven eggs of a pale ochre colour, spotted with 
brown. 
BUNTING, ORT OL AN. 
EMBERIZA HORTULANA, Selby. 
There are very few recorded instances of the 
capture of the Ortolan Bunting in this country ; 
but the species is numerous in the South of France, 
and in other southern countries of Europe, during 
summer. In winter it takes its flight to Africa, 
where it finds a climate less rigorous than that of 
those parts of Europe which it frequents. It also 
visits Lapland, Sweden, and Norway, where it 
breeds, making its nest on the ground. The nest 
