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SNOW BUNTING. 



SNOW FLAKE. SNOW FLECK. SNOW FOWL. TAWNY BUNTING. BRAMBLING. 



GREAT PIED MOUNTAIN FINCH. 

 LESSER MOUNTAIN FINCH. GREATER BRAMBLING. 



PLATE LXXV. FIG. I. 



Plectrophanes nivaUs, METER. SELBT. 



Emberiza nivalis, LINNJ^US. GMELIN. LATHAM. 



glacialis, LATHAM. PENNANT. 



inustelina, GMELIN. 



" montana, GMELIN. LATHAM. PENNANT. 



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, a situation suggestive of affecting thoughts, 

 but the history connected with which must remain unknown until that 

 day when both land and sea shall give up their dead. Others have 

 been found under the shelter of the drift timber, which is, alas! but 

 too frequently to be met with on the shores of the frozen seas. How 

 many a tale also does it tell with its expressive, though silent voice, 



'Of those 



For whom the place was kept, 

 At board and hearth so long.' 



Fervently do I trust that the ' brave old oak' of the gallant Sir John 

 Franklin'e trusty ships, may yet be found to have afforded no shelter 

 for the nest of the Snow-flake, but that in the words of the still-used 

 form of the old bills of lading, 'so may the good ship arrive at her 

 desired port in safety.' 



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