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THE LAPLAND BUNTLVG. 

 Calcarius lapponicus (Linnasus). 



The Lapland Bunting or " Longspur " was first recognized as a 

 visitor to our islands by Selby early in 1826, when one was sent 

 from Cambridgeshire, with some Larks, to Leadenhall Market ; while 

 subsequently, at long intervals, examples have been obtained near 

 London, in Lancashire, Westmoreland and Durham, near Whitby 

 on the spring migration, in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, near Shrews- 

 bury, and several on the coasts of Kent, Sussex and Hants. Only 

 about forty specimens had, however, been taken in England (almost 

 all on the autumn migration) up to 1892, when there came a great 

 invasion, chiefly on the East coast, followed by larger numbers in 

 1893, when flocks were observed near Flamborough and in Lincoln- 

 shire. In Scotland two specimens are said to have been obtained 

 in Caithness, and in October 1892 others were taken in the Orkneys 

 and Shetlands. In Ireland Mr. Barrington received a female from 

 the Fastnet Rock, on October i6th 1887. 



In summer the Lapland Bunting inhabits the greater part of the 

 circumpolar regions, being found on both sides of Greenland up 



