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red of the hind-neck ; the throat greyish-white ; the lower an- 

 terior and lateral parts of the neck, and the upper part of the 

 breast, brownish-grey, tinged with red, and longitudinally 

 streaked with blackish ; the sides similarly marked ; the mid- 

 dle and lower part of the breast, the abdomen, and lower tail- 

 coverts whitish, tinged with grey and a little red ; tail blackish- 

 brown, the outer edge, and part of the inner web at the end of 

 the lateral feathers, brownish-white, of which there is a small 

 oblique mark at the end of the second feather. 



Young in Second Plumage. — " Head, hind-neck, and all 

 the upper parts of the body cream-coloured, with longitudinal 

 streaks and spots of blackish ; the broad space of chestnut 

 brown already exists on the wings ; all the quills and tail- 

 feathers are bordered with deep red ; throat white, marked 

 with small longitudinal spots ; a small blackish spot at the 

 orifice of the ears ; lower parts reddish- white, deeper on the 

 breast and sides, which have spots of blackish-brown ; a red- 

 dish conical spot on the outer tail-feather, and a longitudinal 

 spot on the next." — Temminck, 



Remarks. — The Lapland Lark-Bunting is an inhabitant of 

 the colder regions of both continents, whence it migrates south- 

 ward on the approach of winter, proceeding in Europe as far 

 as Germany, France, and Switzerland, and in America appear- 

 ing in the higher parts of the states of Maine and Michigan. 

 The Prince of Musignano remarks that it does not ordinarily 

 occur in maritime countries, but prefers the elevated tracts of 

 the interior, which may account for its having so seldom been 

 met with in Britain. Only four individuals, I believe, are 

 recorded as having been shot there, all young birds or females 

 in winter plumage. Mr. Selby has described and figured one 

 which was found in Leadenhall Market among larks that had 

 been sent from Cambridgeshire, and of which the preserved 

 skin is in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Another, 

 in the possession of Mr. Yarrell, was caught near Brighton. In 

 September 1828, a third was obtained near London ; and in 

 October 1833, a fourth near Preston. Not having seen any of 



