(Iknus CALCARTUS P.kciisteix. 



CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS (Lixn.). 



22:^. Lapland Longspur. (n.56) 



Bill, moderate, unriirt'ed, Imt with a little tuft of feathers at the base of 

 the rictus ; hind claw, straiglitish, with its digit longer than the middle toe 

 and claw. Adult iiiafc : — Whole liead and throat, jet black, bordered with 

 buffy or whitish, wiiich forms a postocular line, separating the black of the 

 ■crown from that of the sides of the head ; a broad chestnut cervical collar ; 

 upper parts in general, blackish, streaked with l)ufFy or whitish that edges all 

 the feathers ; below, wiiitisii, the lireast and sides black streaked ; wings, 

 dusky, the gieatei- coverts and inner secondaries edged with dull bay ; tail, 

 dusky, with an ol)li(jue white ai'ea on tlie outer feathers ; bill, yellowish, 

 tipped with black ; legs and feet, black. Winter males sliow less black on the 

 head, and the cervical chestnut duller; the fcuiafi and i/omirf huve no continuous 

 black on the head, and the ci-own is streaked like the back, and tliere are traces 

 of the cervical collar. Length, 6-6i ; wing, 3|-3i ; tail, 2^-25. 



Hab. — Noi-thern portions of the northern hemisphere, breeding far north ; 

 in North America south, in winter, to the Northern United States, irregularly 

 to the Middle States, accidentally to South Carolina, ami abundantly in the 

 interior to Kansas and (jolorado. 



