,' .\<>rtli MY*/ ( ',i ,,,i,l,i . 



, I. ut an- generally a trill-- larger. Th- axt-ra^- 



lid tin- IIUml-r of eims to a r-lllt4-|i 



Dually ti\.- >oinetimes "lily four. In my collection I ha\. 



II chllchex ,,|' fi\e eir^rs, ami foil!" ci HUT. 'I'll'' 



und col. .in- \ in white : hit--. 



cla\ yish o|j\e. usually lioldly -p..n.-d with uiiilM-r ami 



kish l.rwn . many if the t-gj^ an- clouded o\.-r with -lark 

 purple ^'ivy which almost ( ..... ---a|s tli. ^r-niml colour, ami 

 many !' ti bee ami luiir-lim- >tn-aks of 



l'p>\vn. Tin- mail- lirl lia> a |.li-a>ant -"ii^. and ^iugs as it 

 th- ^nniml with uut.-tn-trh.-.I m< .t i-nil.-s> wings. 

 It lia> a I'lack cn-sc.-nt -sliaj>-il patch -m it^ lirrjust like tin 

 tin- m. -a. low lark, ami wlu-n living can be easily ilt-ntiti-.l l.y 

 it- whit.- tail t'.-at ln-ix The natives call tin-in ^nmn-1 larks- 

 Tln-y WIT-- tin- c-inunom-st of small liinls fouml on tin- -l-vated 

 I'l-airi.-s. I ,\\,\ not see any chestnut-col la n-.l lon^sjnirsat Rush 

 Lik. . lut they wen- (-niinon in the He.l Hiver valley towards 

 WimiijMMr. where Mc( 'own's |on^s|nrs an- also fouml in smaller 

 nuniKers. 1 was inlorm.-.l ti tlocks of -now and Lap- 



land 1-untin^s com.- aroiin-l the house at Hush bik-- in winter, 

 and an- surprisingly tame, l.iit tln-y are n--\'er s.-.-n in summer. 

 they ^o north to the Mack.-n/ie Hi\--r. (in-at Slave Like, and 

 ka t-> 1 lived. 1 have a nuinlier of nests and eggs of the 

 sn-.w l.untin^ that w- re collect.-il in Iceland, where the birds 

 are common. The nests are strong, compact and neatly l>uilt i 

 and are made of grass, fine roots ami hair, and are thickly lined 

 with feathers . tin- walK of the m-st are an inch thick, and the 

 ca\ity .f the ne-t is deep. Th.-y are l.uilt on the ground under 

 of grass, ami sometimes under loose stones and in 

 of r-x-k-. The eggs \ din^ly loth in size and 



colour. I have of tiny specimens from Iceland and 



nland. Tin- ^r-mnd colour is usually white, crn-eiiish 

 white or purplish white, ami the eggs are speckled, spotted 

 and l.lotrh.-d with \ari-nis shades of In-own ami purple 

 grey. The numlM-r -if e^rs laid is from four to six. hut 

 usually five. During the pa-t ti\. seasons my Iceland col- 

 lector has sent me some three hundred uii-1 fifty effffB 



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