LAPLAND BUNTING 



LAPLAND LARK BUNTING LAPLAND FINCH. 



PLATE LXXV. FIGURE III. 



Plectrophanes lappontcus, . . NEWTON. DRESSER. 

 Calcarius lapponicus, . . . JENYNS. 



AN Arctic breeding species which has occurred but a few 

 times in England, although it is the most common 

 bird on the tundras of Siberia. 



The nest is placed on some small hillock in low marshy 

 situations, among moss and stones, and is built of stems of 

 grass, neatly and compactly lined with feathers, which at 

 once serves to distinguish it from the nests of other birds 

 that frequent the same localities. Several pairs build near 

 each other. 



The eggs, usually four to six in number, are pale 

 greyish or reddish brown, blotched with dark brown. 



