314 THE BUNTINGS. 



The Wood-Lark (Trad-Larka, or Tree-Lark, Sw. ; A. ar- 

 borea, Linn.) was tolerably common with us during the summer 

 months, and bred in the vicinity. It is also pretty common 

 throughout the wooded districts of the more midland portion 

 of Scandinavia ; but its limits to the northward do not seem 

 to be very well ascertained. English naturalists say this bird 

 does not congregate in the winter ; but Nilsson speaks of 

 its being often seen, during migration, in considerable flocks 

 in the stubble-fields of Scania. 



The Tofs-Larka, or Crested-Lark (A. cristata, Linn.) was 

 very rare in my vicinity. One of these birds, as it was believed, 

 was shot near to Ronnum only a year or two ago. It is ex- 

 ceedingly scarce in Scandinavia, and only two or three other 

 instances are on record of its having been killed, and that in 

 Scania. The more southern parts of Europe would seem to 

 be its proper home. It is found, though sparingly, in 

 Denmark. Migrates. 



The Lapland Bunting (Lapp-Sparf, or Lapland-Sparrow, 

 Sw. ; Emberiza Lapponica, Nilss.). The home of this bird, 

 as its name would denote, is the far north, where it passes 

 the summer months. Though imagined to migrate, it is 

 seldom seen in the south of Sweden, whence northern natu- 

 ralists infer with what truth I know not that when on 

 its way to more southern climes, its course lies through 

 Finland and Russia. 



The Lapland bunting, so we are told by Nilsson, does 

 not hop as sparrows and finches, but runs on the ground 

 in like manner with the lark. Its peculiar song is melo- 

 dious. Whilst singing, it does not sit on the ground, but 

 flutters in the air in the same way as that bird. 



This bunting, according to M. Malm, who found it every- 



