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Dorsal aspect. Crown, occiput, and nape of neck black ; au- 

 riculars and cheeks white, projecting conically forward to the 

 angle of the bill ; dorsal region bluish grey ; wings and tail dark- 

 er, the former edged with whitish. 



Ventral aspect. Chin and throat black ; the sides white tinted 

 with brown. 



Length 5 J inches ; alar expanse 6 J inches ; head not crested. 

 (Compiled from Nuttal). 



Genus Emheriza. 



Gen. char. Bill short, compressed, conic, with inflected edges ; 

 upper mandible narrower than the under ; nostrils basal, rounded, 

 partly concealed by projecting feathers from the forehead ; toes 

 divided ; hind claw short and bent ; tail more or less furcate. 

 E. nivalis. The Snow Bunting. 

 Plectrophanes nivalis. Linn. ! Baird ! 



v.s.p. Bill yellowish ; legs and feet black ; irides deep hazel ; 

 eggs 5, whitish mottled with brown and grey. 



Dorsal aspect. (Winter plumage as they appear in this dis- 

 trict). Crown, occiput, and nape of neck stained with rufous ; 

 dorsum interscapular region and scapulars black, the feathers 

 tipped with rufous ; greater and smaller wing coverts and rump 

 white ; tail coverts black with white tips ; spurious wing feathers 

 black ; primaries blackish brown, white at their insertion and 

 with white margins on their outer vanes and tips ; secondaries, 

 except the four last which have rufous outer margins, white ; tail 

 subfurcate, their lateral feathers white with black tips, the rest 

 blackish brown with white margins and tips. 



Ventral aspect. White, with rufous stains on the throat, sides 

 of breast and flanks. 



1st primary longest. Length Y^ inches; alar breadth 13 inches. 

 Tiiis bird varies considerably in the minor ghades which charac- 

 terize its plumage. 



E. lapponica. Lapland Longspur Bunting. 

 Plectrophanes lappoiiica. Linn. ! Baird ! 



v.s.p. Bill yellow tipped with black ; legs and feet black ; 

 irides hazel ; eggs 5 to 6, yellowish rusty clouded with brown. 



Dorsal aspect. Front, and crown of the head black ; nape of 

 the neck rufovs ; back, rump, tail coverts and scapulars blackish 

 brown^ with broad rufous edging and tips ; greater and smaller 

 wing coverts blackish brown tipped with white ; tail and quill 



