oe BRITISH BIRDS, THEIR EGGS AND NESTS. 
scarcely less in size) than those of the Sky Lark, vary very littie 
comparatively in their general appearance, and often in addition 
to the ash brown or greenish hue of the superficial frecklings 
and mottlings, are marked by the presence of a few wine-red 
blotches. The young are much sought for to keep in cages, as 
- they scon begin to sing very freely. The song of the Wood 
Lark in a state of nature is one of the sweetest, in some respects, 
with which I am acquainted.—/%g. 25, plate IT. 
89. SHORT-TOED LARK—(Alauda brachydactyla). 
A bird much resembling the Wood Lark in appearance, but of 
very casual occurrence. 
Ii.—EMBERIZID 2. 
90. LAPLAND BUNTING—(Plectrophanes Lapponica). 
Has been met with in Britain, but on a very few occasions. 
91. SNOW BUNTING—(Plectrophanes niv. lis). 
Tawny Bunting, Mountain Bunting, Snow-flake or-fleck.—Only 
a winter visitor in this country, though often coming in not very 
scanty numbers. I have frequently seen them on our North 
Yorkshire moors, and have heard of them as seen in flocks of 
large dimensions. One informant told me he had seen as many 
as two hundred together. It breeds in countries very far to the 
North, and, like other ¢xdigéxes of the North, is subject to con- 
siderable variations in colour according to season. So much so, 
that the bird which used to be called Tawny Bunting in its 
summer plumage, was re-christened by the name of Snow Bunting, 
to suit its winter dress, while the young bird was called by the 
name of Mountain Bunting. 
92. COMMON BUNTING—(Emberiza miliaria). 
Bunting, Corn Bunting, Ebb.—The name of this bird shows 
