334 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



this from the black-headed bunting, and also from the next. 

 Figured by Dr. Bree as the rustic bunting. 



131. E. PUSILLA, Pall. Dverg Sparf. 



Length little more than 5 in. ; head above black, 



with a brown-red band along its crown ; sides of the 



head red-brown ; upper part of the body black, with 



rusty grey feather edges, under parts white, with long 



black spots on the breast, sides, and neck. 



Is common in Siberia and around Archangel, and has 



been accidentally shot in the south of Sweden during the 



periods of migration. According to Lilljeborg, frequents 



marshy places thickly covered with bushes ; the song is clear 



and pretty, note resembling that of the warblers. Not 



known in Finland. Figured by Dr. Bree as the " little 



bunting." Second hind claw straight, longer than the toe. 



132. E. LAPPONICA, L. Lapp Sparf. The Lapland Bunting. 



D.F. 



Length 6^ in. ; head and front of the throat in the 



male black, with a white streak over the eye and lower 



side of the neck ; in female blackish,' with white -grey 



feather edges ; back of the neck in male red-brown ; in 



female brown-yellow ; upper part black, with rusty 



feather edges ; breast in male black, in the female rusty 



grey, black spotted ; tail blackish, the two outer feathers 



with a white spot ; hind claw much longer than the toe. 



Is never met with south of Lapland, save during the 



periods of migration. They were very common on the fell 



meadows round Quickiock in the middle of June, where they 



bred among rough grass and small willow bushes; nest 



always on the ground ; eggs six, vary much in colour ; they 



combine the characters both of the buntings' and the pipits' 



eggs; generally resembling those of the black-headed 



bunting, but more clouded and seldom streaked with purple. 



I have seen them so like those of the meadow pipit as hardly 



to be distinguishable. 



The song of the Lap bunting is as rich and clear as any 

 of our northern songsters; not so shrill as that of the lark, 



