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ORTOLAN. 



ORTOLAN BUNTING. 



PLATE LXXIX. PIG. II. 



Emberiza hortulana, LINNJSUS. LATHAM. 



" " SELBY. JENYNS. GOULD. . 



" cldorocepliala, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



" Tanstalli, LATHAM. 



THE Ortolan Bunting begins to build early in May. 



The nest is placed in corn fields, and adapted to some hollow in 

 the ground, or the latter possibly to it; Selby adds thickets and low 

 hedges as places of its nidification also. It is formed of dry grass 

 and small roots, thickly lined with finer portions of the latter; in some 

 the inside is finished with a few hairs. 



The eggs are four or five, sometimes, though rarely, six in number; 

 they vary much in markings. 



Professor Thieneman figures four, one of a pale dull bluish grey, 

 with a few dark brown marks; a second with a tinge of red, and 

 the marks principally agglomerated at the larger end; a third of a 

 yellowish cast, with dark marks and streaks, chiefly at the thicker end; 

 and a fourth of a dull bluish hue, marbled all over with different 

 shades of brown. 



END OF VOL. I. 



B. FAWCETT, ENQUAVKR AND PRINTER, DRIFFIELD. 





