BUNTINGS. 25 
WOOD LARK. Alauda arborea, Linneus. 
A local resident and rare; migrating in winter to 
the south. Mr. Blake Knox notices it as a very 
abundant winter visitant to the county of Dublin 
(‘ Zoologist,’ 1870, p. 2018), and adds that it also 
breeds in the county. It is found in the southern and 
midland counties of Scotland, and has accidentally 
been met with as far north as Orkney, a specimen 
having been shot at Stromness, in February 1844. 
SHORE LARK. Alauda alpestris, Linneus. 
An irregular winter visitant; of late years more 
plentiful, or more observed. An instance of its nesting 
in Devonshire has been recorded by the Hon. 'T. Powys 
(now Lord Lilford) in the ‘ Zoologist,’ 1852, p. 3707. 
Fam. EMBERIZID &. 
LAPLAND BUNTING. Emberiza lapponica, Gmelin. 
An irregular winter visitant. Almost unknown in 
Scotland, where a single specimen only is recorded to 
have been obtained (R. Gray, ‘ Birds of the West of 
Scotland, p. 125); nor is it found in Ireland. 
SNOW BUNTING. Eméberiza nivalis, Linneus. 
An annual winter visitant. Mr. R. Gray says (‘ Birds 
of the West of Scotland,’ p. 126), ‘“‘it is very difficult 
to establish the fact of this species breeding regularly 
