BUNTINGS AND ALLIED SPECIES. 437 



Fleet rophanes nivalis. Snow Lark-Bunting ^ ovSnowflalce. Male 

 with the top of the head, cheeks, and a band on the breast, light 

 reddish-brown, the lower parts, small wing-coverts, and a patch 

 on the quills and their coverts, white. Female with the head 

 dark chestnut, the lower parts white, a broad band of reddish 

 on the breast, the small wing-coverts dusky. In summer the 

 plumage chiefly black and w^hite. 



Plectrophanes Lapponica, Lapland Lark-Bunting. Male 

 with the top of the head and fore-neck black, the feathers 

 edged with greyish- white ; a white line over the eye ; wings 

 chestnut, with two white bands. Female with the head red- 

 dish grey, spotted with black. In summer the black parts of 

 a pure tint. 



