Reed Bunting 



the head and neck are largely obscured by pale brownish 

 margins to each feather. 



The female has the upper parts tawny brown with 

 darker centres to the feathers. Under parts pale buff 

 streaked with brown. The young resemble the female. 



THE LAPLAND BUNTING 



Calcarius lapponicus (Linnaeus) 



This species is only known to us by the appearance of a 

 few stra^Rlers that have wandered here from time to time 

 in autumn and winter, though during the last few years its 

 occurrences have been more numerous and regular, especially 

 along our eastern and south-eastern shores. In its winter 

 dress it V^ears at a distance a superficial resemblance to the 

 Lark, and from being found in situations, viz. salt marshes 

 near the coast, where the latter is also abundant it has 

 probably frequently been overlooked. 



It is another of those species whose home is circumpolar, 

 and rears its young on the lonely tundras of Lapland, 

 Novaya Zembla, and Franz Josef Land. In winter it 

 moves southward, but becomes scarce south of the Baltic 

 and is unknown in Italy, the south of France, and Spain. 

 As mentioned above, the adult in winter is not unlike a 

 Lark at a distance, but in summer the male is a very 

 handsome bird. The crown, cheeks, throat, and breast are 

 black, the hind neck is banded with deep chestnut, which 



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