426 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



ALAUDA ARBOREA (Linn.}. Wood-Lark. 

 Provinces I.-VI. VIII.-X. XII. 



Subprovinces 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-11, 12, 13-15, 17, 18, 19?, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25. 

 Lat. 50-55. " English" type. Not in Scotland. 



Chiefly in the south of England, and apparently rare or wanting in 

 some of the eastern counties. Nests only occasionally in Essex, and is 

 not included in either of the lists which I have received from Lincoln- 

 shire, though the county is mentioned by Yarrell. 



Nests occasionally in Derbyshire, in Yorkshire (where it is rare), in 

 South Lancashire (Mr. C. S. Gregson}, and in Westmoreland (Mr T. 

 Gough}. 



PLECTROPHANES NIVALIS (Meyer}. Snow-Bunting. 

 Provinces XV. XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 30 and 38. 

 Lat. 57-61. " Highland " or mountain type. Not in Ireland. 



In the ' Natural History of Deeside ' it is recorded that the Snow- 

 Bunting has been noticed (by Macgillivray), early in August, on Loch- 

 nagar, Cairn-tual, and Ben-mac-dhui. In the same work, Messrs. 

 Cumming and Brown state that it resides on these mountains all 

 summer, and breeds ; and Mr. Stewart says that it breeds on Ben Aun. 

 In Banffshire, also, Mr. T. Edward has seen the Snow-Bunting in 

 summer (Zoologist, p. 6597). Reference may be made to the first 

 volume of Macgillivray 's ' British Birds,' and to Yarrell, who quotes 

 Colonel Thornton as having seen "Snow-flakes" on a Ptarmigan- 

 mountain on the 29th of August, 



Quite recently Dr. Saxby has discovered the nest of the Snow- 

 Bunting in Unst, Shetland (Zoologist, p. 7709) ; and he tells me that 

 he has upon many occasions observed pairs of them during summer, but 

 in parts of the cliffs almost always inaccessible (see also ' Zoologist ' for 

 3863, p. 8680, and 1864, p. 9237). In the latter passage Dr. Saxby 

 considers that the Snow-Bunting breeds regularly in the cliffs below 

 Saxavord. 



EMBERIZA MILIARIA (Linn.}. Common Bunting. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-38. 



Lat. 50-61. " British " type, or general. 



Less numerous in Scotland, being attached to the corn-fields and 

 cultivated districts, but reaches to the Outer Hebrides, Orkney, and 

 Shetland. 



EMBERIZA SCHCENICLUS (Linn}. Reed-Bunting. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-36, 37. 



Lat. 50 3 -59 or 60. " British " type, or general. 



