SNOW BUNTING 



SNOW FLAKE SNOW FLECK SNOW FOWL TAWNY BUNTING 

 BRAMBLING GREATER BRAMBLING GREAT PIED 

 MOUNTAIN FINCH LESSER MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



PLATE LXXV. FIGURE II. 



Pkctrophanes niva/is,. . MEYER. SELBY. 



Emberiza nivalis^ . . LINNAEUS. GMELIN. LATHAM. 



THE nest, which is made of dry grass, lined with hair 

 and a few feathers, is generally fixed in the crevice 

 of a rock, or among stones on the ground. Captain Lyons, 

 R.N., found one placed in the bosom of a dead Esquimaux 

 child. Others have been found under the shelter of the 

 drift timber which is frequently to be met with on the 

 shores of the frozen seas. 



The Snow Bunting, common in the Arctic Circle, breeds 

 occasionally in the Highlands and islands to the north 

 of Scotland. The nest is often placed in crevices in rocks 

 and boulders, and is often but a slight distance above the 

 sea level. 



Mr. Seebohm, who is more intimately acquainted with 

 the breeding habits of birds in Siberia than any other living 

 author, writes as follows : " The Snow Bunting seeks the 

 wildest districts and the roughest ground in which to rear 

 its young. High up on the rocky fells, far beyond the pines 



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