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Meadow-Bunting {Emheriza cia). Six type-clutches of 

 five, and one of four from Spain. 



East Sibeeian Meadow-Bunting {Emheriza cioides 

 castaneiceps). Two clutches of five from Amur. These do 

 not differ from cia eggs, though the ground-colour of these 

 two clutches is distinctly lighter, almost white. 



Ortolan-Bunting {Emheriza hortulana) . Three clutches 

 of five and three of four (Sweden and Greece). 



Yellow-breasted Bunting {Emheriza aureola) . A clutch 

 of five from Minsinsk, taken 7th July, 1901 (from Dresser). 



Reed-Bunting {Emheriza schceniclus) . A series of twenty- 

 five clutches, showing extreme and modified forms and 

 varieties. Among the latter were three clutches of the rare 

 cyanic form, also a clutch of four with Cuckoos', showing 

 large blotches instead of the typical vein-markings. 



Large-billed Reed-Bunting {Emheriza palustris). A 

 clutch of five from Daurien ; these do not differ from schce~ 

 nidus eggs, but are a little larger average — measurements, 

 20-5 X 15-7 mm. 



Lapland Bunting {Calcarius lapponicus). A series of 

 sixteen clutches from S. Varangar, showing great variation. 



Snow-Bunting {Plectroplienax nivalis). Seven clutches 

 of five, on© of four, and one of three, all from Iceland and 

 Davis Straits. 



Mr. BuNYARD also exhibited five clutches of five and one 

 of six Rustic Bunting, Emheriza rustica, from Finland, and 

 read the following abort paper on them : — 



Previous to 1866 the eggs of the Rustic Bunting were 

 unknown in this country. In this year Mr. Dresser received 

 three clutches from Mr. J. A. Sandman, who, according to 

 Howard Saunders, discovered their breeding-haunts in N.E. 

 Finland. 



In 1897 two eggs were figured by Newton in the Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. only one egg, however, is catalogued in * Ootheca 

 Wolleyana,' p. 458, which was published in 1902 — this came 

 from Archangel through Herr Moschler. In 1896 one 

 typical egg was figured by Henry Seebohm in ' Eggs of 

 British Birds,' pi. 58 ; five typical eggs are beautifully 



