158 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



(-'.lcidrop}iaites] lapponicus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, I'd ed., 1884, 357. 



Calcarius lapponicus Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb., 1802, 130. — Turner, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 240 (Fort Chimo, Ungava, breeding). — American 

 Onithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 536, part.— Dutcher, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 440 (Long Island, New York, Feb., Apr.).— Henshaw, Auk, iv, 1887, 

 347 (Fairfax Co., Virginia, Dec. 11) .—Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 185 

 (s. to Caddo, Indian Territory, and Gainesville, Texas; localities and dates) . — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds. Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 579, part— Gault, Auk, vi, 1889, 

 278 (Lake Co., Indiana, June 14, 1889, 1 spec.) .—Warren, Birds Penn., 1890, 

 232 (winter visit, shores Lake Erie) . — Thompson, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 

 1891, 588 (Manitoba, spring and fall; habits). — Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1892, 151 (Disco I., Greenland); 1895, 505 (Disco I., Greenland).— 

 Brimley, Auk, x, 1893, 242 (Raleigh, North Carolina, Jan. 13 and 14, 1893) .— 

 NEHRLiNCi, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 77. — Knight, Bull. Univ. Maine, 

 no. 3, 1897, 95 (rare winter visit.). — Clarke, Ibis, 1898, 255 (Franz Josef 

 Land, May 28). — Davis, Auk, xvi, 1899, 80 (^Massachusetts records). 



C.[alcarias'] lappordcus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 404, part. 



Emberiza calcarata (not Fring'dla culcarata Pallas) Temminck, INIan. d'Orn., i, 

 1820, 322. — Werner, Atlas, Granivores, 1827, pi. 29. — Kj.erbolling, C)rn. 

 Dan., 1852, pi. 54, fig. 2.— Fallon, Ois. Belg., 1875, 90. 



Ph'ctrophanes calcarata Clarke, Zoologist, 1890, 10 (Jan Mayen Land, ]\Iay 17 

 (see Fischer and Pelzeln, Arzt. osterreich. Exp. Jan ^layen, 1866, — ). 



Flectrophanes calcaratus Meyer, Zus., etc., Meyer and Wolf, Taschenb., 1822, 56. — 

 Brehm, Yog. Deutschl., 1831, 307. — Schlegel, Eev. Crit., 1844, p. Ixxii. 



C.[entrophanes'] caJcaratus Gray', List Gen. Birds, App., 1842, 11. 



Hortulaniis viontanus (not Emberiza mordana Gmelin) Leach, Syst. Cat. Mam., 

 etc., Brit. Mus., 1816, 16. 



Pledrophanes groenlanclicvs Breh^si, Yog. Deutschl., 1S31, 307. 



CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS ALASCENSIS Ridgway. 

 ALASKAN LONGSPTJR. 



Similar to C I. hq)ponicu><, bitt deeidedl}' lighter in color, especially 

 in winter plumage; in .summer, adults with ground color of upper parts 

 light buffy grayish brown, with little, if any, rusty tinge, even on wing- 

 coverts and tertials, and the ])lack streaks relatively narrower than in 

 C. h lcn)p(mk'ui<^ the chestnut-rufous or deep cinnamon-rufous of the 

 hindneck also averaging paler than in C. I. lajjjxoiieus; winter speci- 

 mens (adults and young) with upper parts conspicuously paler and more 

 buffy than corresponding plumages of C. I. hipponicus,' young in lirst 

 plumage much brighter l)uffy, l)oth above and on chest, than that of 

 C. I. lapjMjnicus, with the l)hickish streaks narrower, and outer webs of 

 greater wing-coverts and secondaries much lighter chestnut-brown. 



Adult mah.—'Length {skins), 146.30-166.37 (156.46); wing, 91.19- 

 99.57 (95.70); tail, 58.12-68.07 (63.25); exposed culmen, 10.11-12.15 

 (11.68); depth of billatbase, 6.60-7.37 (6.86); tarsus, 20.57-22.61 (21.81); 

 middle toe, 12.95-15.75 (11.48).' 



Adult female.— hength (skins), 135.89-158.75 (148.34); wing, 86.11- 



^ Twenty-two specimens. 



