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WOOD LAEK. Alauda arborea, Linnseus. 



A local resident and rare ; migrating in winter to 

 the south. Mr. Blake Knox notices it as a very 

 abundant winter visitant to the county of Dublin 

 ('Zoologist,' 1870, p. 2018), and adds that it also 

 breeds in the county. It is found in the southern and 

 midland counties of Scotland, and has accidentally 

 been met with as far north as Orkney, a specimen 

 having been shot at Stromness, in February 1844. 



SHOEE LAEK. Alauda alpestris, Linnseus. 



An irregular winter visitant; of late years more 

 plentiful, or more observed. An instance of its nesting 

 in Devonshire has been recorded by the Hon. T. Powys 

 (now Lord Lilford) in the 'Zoologist,' 1852, p. 3707. 



Fam. EMBERIZIDJE. 



LAPLAND BUNTING. Emberiza la-pponica, Gmelin. 



An irregular winter visitant. Almost unknown in 

 Scotland, where a single specimen only is recorded to 

 have been obtained (R. Gray, ' Birds of the West of 

 Scotland,' p. 125); nor is it found in Ireland. 



SNOW BUNTING. Emberiza nivalis, Linnseus. 



An annual winter visitant. Mr. R. Gray says (' Birds 

 of the West of Scotland,' p. 126), " it is very difficult 

 to establish the fact of this species breeding regularly 



