96 



sometimes almost concealing the ground colour, and producing a marbled 



appearance. There is also a greater tendency to brown, some eggs having 



rich chocolate markings, and the gloss is decidedly higher. One egg is 



as a rule much hghter in colour than the rest; more rarely two light eggs 



are found in a clutch. 



Breeding I^ ^^^ south of England the first eggs are generally laid about 



Season. mid-May, but in the Midlands most are laid towards the end of the month, 



and in northern localities, such as S. Kilda and the Shetlands, they are 



not laid till the third week in June. Two broods are usually reared, and 



fresh eggs may be met with as late as August. In Germany Rey found 



most eggs in May, and is of opinion that in some districts only one brood 



is reared. In N. Russia Seebohm took eggs early in June. 



Measure- Average size of 103 eggs (65 from Germany by Rey and 38 from England 



ments. by the writer) 19.55 X 14.05 mm., Max. 22.2 X 14.1 and 20.2 X 14.8 mm., 



Min. 17.5 X 13 mm. An abnormally large egg in the Rey collection 



measures 22.6X15.4 mm; weight 175 mg, 4 eggs from the Petschora 



average 22 X 14.5 mm. The average weight is 159 mg. (Rey). 



[The Desert Sparrow, P. simplex saharae Erl., inhabits the sandy 

 wastes of Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli. Eggs 3 in number: size about 

 19 X 13.5 mm.] 



44. Corn Bimtiiig, Emberiza calaiidra L. 



Plate 13, fig. 1 (Greece), 2 — 4 (Germany). 



Eggs: Thienemann, Fortpfl., Tab. XXXII, fig. 8, a — d. Hewitson, 

 I. Ed. I, pi. Ill, fig. 1, 2; II. Ed. I, pi. XXXIX, fig. 1; HI. Ed. I, pi. XL VII, 

 fig. 3. Baedeker, Tab. 3, fig. 3. Taczanowski, Tab. LXV, fig. 1, LXVI, fig. 1. 

 Seebohm, Br. Birds, pi. 13; id. Col. Fig., pi. 57. Frohawk, II, pi. V, 

 fig. 181—187. 



British Local Names: Bunting Lark, Grass Bunting, Horse or 

 Clod Lark. Welsh: Bras-yr-yd. Isle of Man: Thistle Cock, Barley Bird. 

 Manx: Pompee-ny-lioarn. Gaelic: Oealag Bhuachair. Shetlands: Cornhill. 

 Erse: Gealbhan an guih ramhair. 



Foreign Names: Bohemia: Propdska, Pistek. Denmark: Kornlaerke, 

 Bomlaerke. France: Proyer, Preyer. Germany: Gerstenammer, Grauammer. 

 Greece: Tsiphtes. Helgoland: Dicke Diert. Holland: Graatave Gors, Gierst- 

 vogel. Hungary: Sordely. Italy: Strillozzo. Norway: Kornspiirv. Poland: 

 Pbstvierka prosowa. Portugal: Trigueirao. Russia: Obsjanka prosjanka. 

 Spain: Triguero, Ave tbnta. Sweden: Kornsparf, Kornliirka. 



Emberiza miliaria L. Newton, ed. Yarrell, II, p. 38; Dresser, Birds 

 of Europe, IV, p. 163; id. Man. Pal. Birds, p. 343; Saunders, Man., p. 207. 

 E. calandra calandra L. Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 165. 



