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Elbeuf, France, ' April [Noury ; 

 Hargitt Coll.). 



Elbeuf, June {Noury: Hargitt 

 Coll.). 



'EVoev.i (Noury : Bargitt Coll.). 



Elbeuf (iVour?/ ; Hargitt Coll.). 



Malaga, Spain, 28th May (H. 

 Saunders). 



Malaga, 28tli May {H. S. : Har- 

 gitt Coll.). 



Malaga, Sth June (H. S. : Har- 

 gitt Coll.). 



Malaga, 15th June {H. S.). 



Malaga, 18th June {H. S.). 



Bilek, Herzegovina, April. 



5. Parnassus, Greece, 18th May {H. 



Seebohm &/■ T. Kriiper). 

 3. Parnassus, 18th May (H. S. & 



T. K). 



5. Parnassus, 19th May {H. 8. ^ 



T. K.). 



6. Parnassus, 2nd June (-H". S. ^ 



T. K.). 

 3. Smyrna, 5th Jane (T. Kriiper). 

 2. Aleeria. 



Seebuhm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



Emberiza hortulana, Linn. 



Emberiza hortulana, Thien. Fortpfiam. ges. Vog. p. 267, tab. xxxiii. 

 fig. 7, a-d (1846-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 3. fig. 5 (1855- 

 63) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 191, pi. xlviii. fig. i (1856) 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 185 (1871) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii 

 p. 153, pi. 16 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 630 (1888) 

 Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 251, pi. 57. figs. 18 & 19 (1896) 

 Bey, Eier Vog. Mittehurop. p. 288, pi. 37. figs. 16-20 (1900) 

 Bresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 356 (1902) ; Hartej-t, Vog. Pal. 

 Faun. pt. ii. p. 180 (1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 106, pi. 13 

 figs. 16-20 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 281 (1909). 



Eggs of the Ortolan Bunting are of an extremely broad oval form 

 and highly gloss)'. They are greenish- white in some cases, greyish- 

 pink in others, spotted, streaked, and blotched with rich purplish- 

 or chocolate-brown. A few specimens are beautifully marked with 

 a delicate tracery of fine lines round the broad end, forming a 

 wreath or zone, but the majority are marked with spots and short 

 streaks only. The underlying markings are purplish-grey, but they 

 are faint and indistinct. The eggs measure from -71 to -S in 

 length, and from -57 to -67 in breadth. 



5. Holland {J. Baker: Tristram Coll.). 



5. Holland, 30th May. 



5. Holland, 2nd June. 



5. Valkenswaard, Holland {J. Baker). 

 4. Valkenswaard. 



6. Valkenswaard. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-firodman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll, 



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