332 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



between the male and female In the spring when they first 

 arrived I shot above fifty specimens, just round the village ; 

 strange to say, with one exception, they were all males. 

 Nest, usually among loose stones and gravel, formed entirely 

 of grass ; eggs five, yellow grey, spotted all over with grey, 

 blue, and brown. 



Gen. Emberiza, L. 



Bill short, strong ; a knot on the palate inside the beak ; 

 wings short ; feathers sharp, scarcely reaching down to half 

 of the tail ; first hind claw crooked, never longer than 

 the toe. 



126. EMBEEIZA MILIARIA, L. Korn Sparf. The Common 



Bunting. D. 



Length 7-g- in. ; colour above brown-grey, with black 

 streaks; below whitish, with small black spots and 

 streaks on the throat and breast ; tail without a white 

 spot on the end. 



Is met with only in the south and south-east of Sweden, 

 where it remains the whole year ; not known in Norway or 

 Finland. 



127. E. CITRINELLA, L. Gnl Sparf. The Yellow Bunting. 



D.F. 



Length about 7 in. ; head in male yellow, in female 



blackish olive green ; throat and belly yellow ; the two 



outer tail feathers with a white tip ; winter dress darker. 



One of the commonest birds in Scandinavia, and goes 



up into Lapland ; remains in the middle and south of the 



country throughout the year. 



128. E. HORTULANA, L. Ortolan Sparf. The Ortolan Bunt- 



ing. D. F. 



Length 6 in ; head and neck above ash grey, with 

 an olive green tinge ; breast and belly brown-red ; 

 throat yellowish ; beak and legs flesh red ; a yellow spot 

 over the eye; back greyish red-brown; rump rusty 

 brown ; eye brown. The colours in winter and of the 

 female are not so pure. 



