36 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Xaplanb Buntlno. 



The Lapland Bunting {Calcarius lapponicus^ Linnaeus) is a 

 rare irregular autumn migrant to the British Isles. It nests 

 throughout the Circumpolar Regions north of the Arctic 

 Circle, and in autumn migrates through Central Europe 

 and Asia. The adult male in summer has the head, throat, 

 and upper breast black, with the exception of a whitish 

 streak, which commences behind the eye and passes at the 

 back of the auriculars, thus forming a patch of white on the 

 sides of the neck ; a collar of bright chestnut reaches from 

 the occiput on to the upper back; remainder of upper 

 parts, wing-coverts, innermost secondaries, and middle rec- 

 trices, brownish-black margined wdth buff and white ; 

 primaries, with pale margins ; under surface of body, pale 

 bufifish, striped on flanks with black ; irides, brown ; bill, 

 yellow; tip, black; legs and feet, black. Length, about 

 six inches. The adult female lacks the black head and 

 rufous collar. 



