KIN. nr.s. si'Ai:i;i\vs. i:iv. 



fat as butter balls. In midwinter, in tin- fur north, when tin- tin r- 

 mometcr showed thirty degrees below zero, and the chill blizzard WHS 

 blowing on the plains, I have seen this brave little bird gleefully 

 chasing his fellows, ami |M>urin out as he flew his sweet, voluble song 

 with as mueh spirit as ever Skylark has in the sunniest days of June. 

 As long as the snow lasts the Snowflake stays, and as aoon as the 

 ground grows bare and there is promise of better days, this bird of 

 winter betakes himself again to the north, as far as ever human foot 

 has been, and there builds his nest. KKM - 1 K. THOMPSON. 



636. Calcarius lapponicus (/.<"".. I..UM \M. l...s...-1-ra. Ad. A 



in // r. 1 1 in 1 t . nuil as long an or longer thun toe; head, neck, throat, 



and breast black; a butty lino behind the eye; nuj>e rufomt; back utreaked 



with black and ochraccous- and cream -hull'; tail 



fuaoous, the tw-.iit.T feather* with tin>ro or IOM 



white; belly white; sides streaked w'ttli block. 



Ad. 9 in tummtr. Upper parts utreaked with 



black, rufous, ochraceoiw- uud rream-bun"; nape 



ochraoootu-buff, the color sometimes con.-.-al.-d 



by the tips of the feathers; tail I'UM-OIIS, tin- miter 



one or two feathero marked with white; under 



port* white, the- breast and sides ,, n ,,ked with KIQ RJ Hind 



black and ochraceous-bun. <5 in wint r. Sum- land LonKpur. 



lar to 9 in summer, but upper parts blacker, nape 



more rufous, breant more heavily marked with bluek, mwt <>f the feathers 



black at the base. 9 in winter. Similar t<> 1 in summer, but upper parts duller, 



nape with little or no ochraceous. L.. ;_:. : W.. .,7:, ; T., 2-55 ; B., -40. 



Remark*. In some plumages this bird bears a general resemblance to cer- 

 tain Sparrows, but differs from them in having the hind toe-nail as long as or 

 longer than the toe. 



Jiang*. "Northern portions of the northern hemisphere, breeding far 

 north; in North America, south in winter to tho northern l'mt<-d States, 

 irregularly to the Middle States, accidentally to South Can-linn." 



Washington, \V. V.. easual, one instan rig Sing, W. V., casual. 



Aintf, of (p>ii and mom lined with grasses, on the ground. A'</j/, four 

 to six, bluish white, almost obscured by a uniform ^ravish brown, '82 x -CO. 



In the east Lapland Longspun are generally found among flocks 

 of Shorelarks or Snowflakes, but on the western plains they occur in 

 great numbers. " High in the air they fly in long, straggling flock?, 

 all singing tnp-ther; a thousand voices, a tornado of whistling. . . . 

 Win n iii the fields they have a curious habit of squatting just behind 

 some clod, and, as their colors are nearly matched to the soil, they are 

 not easily observed, nor will they move until you are within a few 

 feet ; they then run a few feet and squat again. . . ." (Thompson). 



637. Calcari us pictus >"(/'.. SMITH'S I...M.-IM K. .iJ.&inmm- 

 MT. Top and aides of the head black, a line over the eye and the ear-coverU 



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