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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, OBTOLAN. 



EMBEKIZA 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 



