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VI. Description of the Plectrophanes Lapponica; a Species 
lately discovered in the British Islands. By Prideaux John 
Selby, Esq. F.L.S. Communicated by the Zoological Club of 
the Linnean Society. 
Read February 1, 1826. 
T uz following description and figure (Tan. 1.) of the e Tapani 
Bunting (the Fringilla lapponica of Linnæus, the Emberiza cal- 
carata of Temminck), is taken from a specimen in the valuable 
cabinet of my friend N. A. Vigors, Esq. This individual, which | 
from its plumage appears to be a young bird, was found in 
Leadenhall-market among some Larks, which had been sent up 
to London from Cambridgeshire, and was preserved by a respec- 
aturalist*, from whose collection it afterwards passed 
tof Mr. Vigors. As a species hitherto unnoticed in 
n, I have great pleasure in adding it to the list of our 
Fauna, which within the last few years has become enriched hy 
several new pm rare uxo 
2% Mr. George Weighton, of the City-Road whose services to science as a col- 
lector have already been recorded in these Transactions. See vol. xiv. p. 561. 
A second individual of this species, taken alive in the neighbourhood of Brighton, 
and kept caged for some months, as a variety of Lark, is now in the possession of 
Mr. Yarrell of Ryder-street. It differs from the specimen described in being gene- 
‘rally of a darker colour, the spots upon the breast and neck are also more distinct, 
but the disposition of the markings the same. This difference probably arises from 
age or sex, or it may be the result of confinement. To the last-mentioned cause may 
also be attributed the slight elongation and ' rough exterior of the bill. d 
T Ordo. 
