246 FRINGILLID^. 



Emberiza cia, Linn. 



Etcberiza cia, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 366, tab. xxxiii. fia 1 . 6, a, b 



(1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 3. fig. 6 (1855-63); 



Tristram, Ibis. 1867, pp. 88, 368 ; Sounders, Ibis, 1871, p. 217 ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 205 (1872) ; Eree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. 



p. 152, pi. (1875) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 537 (1888) ; 



Hey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 283, pi. 37. figs. 23-26 (1900) ; 



Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 368 (1902) ; Whitaker, Birds 



Tunis, i. p. 238 (1905) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 109, pi. 13. 



figs. 23-26 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 281 (1909). 

 Emberiza cia cia, Ilartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 183, fig. 36 (1904). 



The eggs of the Meadow-Bunting and its allies are somewhat of 

 the same type as the eggs of E. citrinella and E. cirlus, but may be 

 separated from them and, indeed, from the eggs of all the other 

 Buntings in the Collection by reason of the delicate and intricate 

 tracery of fine lines, which constitute the markings. The ground- 

 colour is bluish-white, purplish-white, or very pale stone-colour, 

 and is covered, more thickly on the broader half of the egg than 

 elsewhere, with a multitude of hair-like lines of deep purplish- 

 brown which wind round the egg several times without a break and 

 generally form a tangled cap or zone. There are but few spots or 

 blotches. The underlying markings consist of smears and veins 

 of purplish-grey. 



The eggs of the Meadow-Bunting measure from *8 to '92 in 

 length, and from -6 to -65 in breadth. 



4. Hammerstein, River Rhine, 22nd Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April. 



3. Vosges, France (Mougel). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Vosges (Mougel). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Vosges (Mougel}. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Vosges, 5th April (Mougel). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, Spain, 16th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



HP.]. 

 1. Malaga (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga (H. &). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Malaga (H. &). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Andalucia, Spain. 20th April. W. .Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Parnassus, Greece, 22nd May Seebohm Coll. 

 (T. Kruper). 



5. Parnassus, 24th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Parnassus, 1st June (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Parnassus, 6th July. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Afka Pass, Lebanon, Palestine, Crowley Bequest. 

 16th June (//. B. Tristram). 



3. Afka Pass, ]6th June (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Clutch containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). 



4, Germany (E. Rey Coll.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



fP.]. 



