ORDER PASSERES. 263 



p 



HAB. Northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, breeding in the 

 arctic regions; in North America south in winter into the Northern 

 United States, irregularly to Georgia, Southern Illinois, and Kansas. 



535. Plectrophenax hyperboreus RIDGW. 



McKay's Snowflake. 



Plectrophenax hyperboreus RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII. June u, 

 1884, 68. 



[B -, C -, R -, C -.] 



HAB. Alaska. 



GENUS CALCARIUS BECHSTEIN. 



Calcarius BECHST. Taschb. Vog. Deutschl. 1803, 130. Type, Fringilla 

 lappontca LINN. 



536. Calcarius lapponicus (LINN.). 



Lapland Loiigspur. 



Fringilla lapponica LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 180. 



Calcarius lapponicus STEJN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. June 5, 1882, 33. 



[B 32 6, C 153, R 187, C 220.] 



HAB. Northern portions of the Northern Hemisphere, breeding far 

 north ; in North America south in winter to the Northern United 

 States, irregularly to the Middle States, accidentally to South Carolina, 

 and abundantly in the interior to Kansas and Colorado. 



537. Calcarius pictus (SWAINS.). 



Smith's Ixmgspur. 



Emberiza {Plectrophanes) picta SWAINS. F. B. A. II 1831, 250, pi. 49. 

 Calcarius pictus STEJN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. June 5, 1882, 33. 



[6327, C 154, R 188, C 221.] 



HAB. Interior of North America, from the Arctic coast to Illinois 

 and Texas, breeding far north. 



538. Calcarius ornatus (TOWNS.). 



Chestnut-collared Loiigspur. 



Plectrophanes ornatus Towxs. Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. VII. 1837, 



189- 

 Calcarius ornatus STEJN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. June 5, 1882, 33. 



