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my observations on them ended. They are said by the Rus- 

 sians not to leave until the middle of September. 



White-throated Finch. Fringilla pennsylvanica, Lath. 



Me-chok-chok-pi-e-nuk, Eski. 



[Zonotrichia albicollis (Gm.) is the name to which the above 

 synonym is applicable. The species, however, is very pro- 

 bably the western form Z. gambeli, which, according to Dall 

 and Bannister (p. 284), is found on St. Michael's Island.] 



A. few of these birds arrived in the middle of May with the 

 Lapland Buntings. They frequented the dry hillocks about 

 the edges of the marshes, and are said to breed there ; but I 

 did not succeed in finding a nest. 



Lesser Redpole. Linaria minor (Gould). 



Oke-wee-t4r, Eski. 



l^ffiothus linaria, Dall & Bann. p. 28L] 



Small flocks of this bird arrived with the Snow-Bunting in 

 October, and remained until the end of January, when they 

 suddenly disappeared. 



Lapland Bunting. Plectrophanes lapponica (Gould) . 



Pig-git-tig-wuk, Eski. 



[Plectrophanes lapponica, Dall & Bann. p. 283.] 



Multitudes of these birds arrive in the middle of ^lay, and 

 occupy the whole extent of the marshes. Their pleasing song 

 and sprightly manners make them universal favourites, and 

 here, at least, they are never disturbed. Their song is short 

 but lively, and is often uttered as they rise to a small height 

 in the air and descend. They reminded one very much of the 

 Tit-Lark. The nest is generally placed upon a little hillock 

 in the marsh, sometimes touching the water ; it is neatly 

 woven with bents and hair, and lined with feathers. They 

 lay five or six eggs, mottled with light olive-brown and dirty 

 yellowish white, with streaks and a few spots of dark brown 

 about the larger end. I found the first nest with eggs on 

 the 1st of June. 



They appear to feed principally on the seeds of the dif- 

 ferent grasses which abound in the marshes. I also found a 

 few insects in some of their stomachs. 



