510 Noirrn \MKitirAX wwim. 



IIaiuts. The Lapland I.»mL;s|iiir is an Aivtic resident, ludonuing e(|ually 

 to the two continents, rarely descend inu; even in winter to tenijH'rate re^nons, 

 and then chielly in its inmialure plumage. In Knr(»j»e, according; to Varrell, 

 only a lew specimens have heen tonnd in thi; liritish Islands, and these 

 were single indi\idnals, niostlv I'onnd in company with Lirks. Thev have 

 also been taken in France, in r>el«,auni, and in ditlerent }>arts of Germany. 

 Dejudand states that these birds are occasionally snareil on the c<»ast at Dun- 

 kirk, ami in the neii^diborhood of Antwerp, but these are always young 

 males in their winter ]>lumage. 



Pennant states that it is found in Siberia, and near the Ural Mountains, 

 migrating in the winter as far south as Switzerland ; and, according to 

 Netker, they have also been taken, always in company with I^irks, in the 

 vicinity of (Jeneva. It inhabits Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Spitz- 

 bergen, Iceland, and Greenland, in the summer. 



liichardson mentions that the Lajiland IJunting is common in the fur re- 

 gions, wintering on the coast of Hudson's Bay. During its stay it feeds on 

 grass-seed, the fruit of the juniper, and the pines. As he never met with 

 these ])irds during the winter, he suspects that their princi})al retreats are on 

 the bordei-s of Lakes Huron and Sui)erior, and the country westward. In 

 1827 they ap}»eared on the i>Iains, at the Carlton House, about the middle 

 of May, in very large tiocks, in company with Shore Larks and the P. pida, 

 frequenting the open spots when; the tires had destroyed the grass. In 

 the same season thev came a few davs later to tbe Cumberland House, and 

 kept constantly a])out the furrows of the new-ploughed fields. The year 

 before they had been, in smaller flocks, in the vicinity of Fort Franklin, 

 latitude 60°, in the beginning of May. Their croj)s were found tilled with 

 seeds of the al])ine arbutus. 



Mr. Audubon met with them in enormous tiocks in Kentucky, about Feb- 

 ruary 15, 181V>. They were in company with the Shore Larks and the Snow 

 Buntings. Xone of these were in perfect plumage. 



!Mr. Kidgway cites this as a common winter visitiint in Southern Illinois, 

 abundant in unusually severe winters, either v large Hocks l)y itself, or a 

 few individuals mixed up in flocks of Short' L nks. 



Mr. Dall gives May 12 as the date of i\w lirst arrival of these birds at 

 Xulato, and adds that it is not at any time a very common bird. He was 

 not able to find its nest at Xulato, but was infoinied by the Indians that it 

 builds on the bare hillsides, in hillocks of grass, and that it does not leave the 

 nest when any one api)roaches, but sits ]>erfectly still, and thus often escapes 

 detection. He considers it a very fine singer. S]iecimens were received from 

 Sitka, obtained bv Bischoft'. To this account ^Ir. liannister adds that it is 

 by lar the most abundant (^f the land-birds found at St. ^lichael's. It ap- 

 peared on that island about the <)th of May, and from that time until about 

 the middle or latter i>art of September they were observed in great numl)ers 

 all over the island. He, too, was not successful in finding its nest, though 



