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with green (Surrey), and a similar clutch of six well-marked 

 from Kent. 



Scarlet Grosbeak {Carpodacus erythrinus). A typical 

 clutch of six from Altai Gihet, S. Siberia. 



Pine-Grosbeak {Pinicola enudeator). These very hand- 

 some eggs were represented by nine clutches from Lapland. 



Crossbill [Loxia curvirostra). An exceptionally fine 

 series mostly Suffolk, a clutch of iive erythristic eggs with 

 pure white ground and suffused pale red markings, and a 

 clutch of four with conspicuous vein-markings of brownish- 

 black were particularly beautiful. 



Corn-Bunting {Emheriza calandra) . Twenty-five clutches. 

 Continental and British. Among the latter was a clutch of 

 four pure white eggs without markings (Suffolk) and a clutch 

 of four greyish-white eggs without surface-markings; the 

 underlying markings of ash-grey were conspicuous (Suffolk). 



Yellow Hammer (Emberiza citrinella). A remarkably 

 beautiful series of twenty-five clutches. Conspicuous among 

 them was a clutch of five from Surrey, in which the typical 

 vein-markings were almost wholly replaced by large suffused 

 blotches of rich reddish-brown almost covering the broader 

 parts — very large underlying markings of lead-grey were 

 conspicuous on some ; also a clutch of five from Kent 

 heavily vein-marked with rich purplish-brown, with large 

 underlying markings of pale mauve ; also a clutch of four 

 with distinct yellowish ground. 



PiNE-BuNTiNGt (Eniberiza leucocephala). Two eggs from 

 Amur. These resemble certain forms of citrinella eggs, 

 but are distinctly cylindrical in shape, which may not be 

 constant. 



CiRL- Bunting (Emberiza cirlus). A series of twenty-five 

 clutches, among them two of six each from Austria. Typical 

 cirlus eggs are easily distinguishable from those of citrinella ; 

 the series of both species were placed side by side to 

 demonstrate this fact. 



Black-headed Bunting {Emberiza melanocepliala). Two 

 typical clutches from Austria and two from Sochia, taken by 

 the late Capt. F. C. Selous. 



