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FRING1LLID/E. 



visits many parts of the continent. Winters in India and in 

 China. 



Emberiza schceniclus. REED-BUNTING. 



Emberiza Schceniclus, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 311 



(1766). 



Emberiza schceniclus, Naum. iv. p. 280; Hewitson, p. 187; 

 Gray, p. 102; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 484; id. ed. 3, i, 

 p. 509 ; Newton, ii. p. 23 ; Harting, p. 26 ; Dresser, iv. 

 p. 241. 



Emberiza schoeniculus, Macg. i. p. 453. 



Schcenicola arundinacea, Gould, iii. pi. 29. 



Black-headed Bunting, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 438. 



Schceniclus = (txoiviicXos, a certain water-bird mentioned by Aristotle, H. A. 

 viii. 3, 13 ; from axolvos = a rush. 



Resident in suitable localities in the British Isles, and 

 generally distributed throughout the Palsearctic Region ; it 

 has occurred once in India, near Delhi. 



Genus CALCARIUS, Bechstein, Ornith. Tasch. p. 130 



(1803). 



Calcarlus = furnished with a spur, calcar. 



Calcarius lapponicus. LAPLAND BUNTING. 

 Fringilla lapponica, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 317 (1766). 

 Emberiza lapponica, Naum. iv. p. 319; Harting , p. 25. 

 Plectrophanes lapponica, Macg. i. p. 469; Hewitson, p. 182; 



Gray, p. 105; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 465; id. ed. 3, i. 



p. 490. 

 Plectrophanes lapponicus, Newton, ii. p. 15 ; Dresser, iv. 



p. 253. 



Centrophanes lapponica, Gould, iii. pi. 30. 

 Lapland Bunting, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 421. 

 Lapponica = of Lapland. 



Has occurred, chiefly in autumn, near Brighton and London, 

 as well as in Norfolk, Shropshire, Lancashire, and Westmore- 



