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Lapland Bunting. Emberiza lapponica (L.) 



The occurrence of the Lapland Bunting is, according to my ex- 

 perience, quite accidental in N. E. Greenland. 



June 17'h 1907 and old male was seen in a little bog on Lille 

 Koldewey in company with some Snow-Buntings picking up the seed 

 of plants. 



The bird proved so confiding, that the observers could leisurely 

 study it at a distance of a few paces. 



Snow-Bunting. Emberiza iiivalis (L.) 



The Snow-Bunting is absolutely the most common of all birds 

 in this country. 



Snow-Buntings were seen wherever the expedition went as well 

 in Dronning Louises Land (60 km. up the inland ice) as on the, 

 small outer isles and skerries, lying near the pack-ice, where several 

 nests were found. 



I have received from the north-going parties of the expedition 

 the following notes regarding the occurrence of this species farther 

 North: 



"April 29'h 1907. lat. 80° 30' n. Many Snow-Buntings on the bay 

 "^^^' 1^"^"- G. Thostrup. 



"May 7th 1907. Peary Land. [lat. 82"— 83° п.] 6 Snow-Buntings 

 were seen in a flock to day". Bertelsen. 



"May 13»! 1907. lat. 83° 30' n. 4 Snow-Buntings in a flock and 

 also some solitary individuals". j^^^^ ^^ Bertelsen. 



"June 4"^ 1907. lat. 81° 15' n. On the edge of the inland ice, which 

 here faces the open sea, about two Danish miles (ca. 15 km.) from the 

 nearest ice-free land, some 10 Snow-Buntings were observed in a flock. 

 Gabrielsen found a dead Snow-Bunting here", 



Koch & Bertelsen. 



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