ABT. 12 BIRDS OF ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND FRIEDMANN 31 



Brooks collected a breeding female on St. Lawrence Island on 

 June 27, 1913. 



Collins obtained an iinsexed adult on October 16 at Gambell. 



CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS ALASCENSIS Ridgway 



Alaska LoNospim 



Calcarius Jopponicufi alascen.-iis Ridgway. Auk, vol. 15, p. 320, Oct., 1898 (St. 



Paul's Island, Prjbilov group, Alaska), 

 Centrophanes lapponicus, Nelson, Birds of Bering Sea, etc., Cruise of the Cor- 



win, p. 69, 1883. 

 Calcarius lapponicus, Nelson, Report upon natural history collections made 



in Alaska, p. 183, 1887. 

 Calcarius lapponicus alascensis, Nelson, Bird-Lore, vol. 15, p. 202, 1913. — 



Brooks, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zo()l., vol. 59, p. 409, 1915. — Bailey, Condor, vol. 



28, p. 167, 1926. 



Nelson found this longspur breeding commonly on the island. The 

 Harriman Expedition stopped at St. Lawrence Island for part of 

 a day, July 13, 1899, and three of the members, C. H. Merriam, A. K. 

 Fisher, and L. A. Fuertes, collected five adults and one young bird. 

 Doctor Fisher informs me that the bird was common and was the 

 only land bird observed. 



Brooks found the birds to be numerous, as did also Bailey, who 

 found a nest with four eggs. 



PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS NIVALIS (Linnaeus) 



Snow Bunting 



Emheriza nivalis Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 176, 1758 (in 

 Alpibus Lapponiae, etc.=Lapland). 



Plectrophcnax nivalis, Nelson, Birds of Bering Sea, etc., pp. 68, 69, 1883; Re- 

 port upon natural history collections made in Alaska, p. 180, 1887. 



Plectrophenaoo nivalis nivalis, Brooks, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 59, p. 407, 

 1915.— Bailey, Condor, vol. 28, p. 166, 1926. 



Nelson found this bird breeding on St. Lawrence Island. Brooks 

 found it common there in June, as did also Bailey in July. 



Collins obtained a fully grown young bird at Gambell. Unfor- 

 tunately, the specimen lacks data. 



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