LAPLAND BUNTING. 



IKSESSORES. 



CONIROSTRES 



465 

 EMBERIZIDM. 



THE LAPLAND BUNTING. 



Plectrophanes Lapponica. 



Plectrophanes Lapponica* Lapland Lark Bunting, SELBY, Brit. Ornith vol. i. p. 



283. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 128. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. x. 

 EYTON, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 95. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 322. 



JEmberixa 

 Plectrophanes 



Emberiza calcarata, Bruant montain, 



PLECTROPHANES. Generic Characters. Beak short, thick, conical, the edges 

 of both mandibles slightly curved inwards; upper mandible smaller than the 

 lower, with a small palatal knob. Nostrils basal, oval, partly hidden by small 

 feathers. Wings long and pointed ; the first and second quill-feathers of nearly 

 equal length, and the longest in the wing. Legs with the tarsi of moderate 

 length ; anterior toes divided, lateral toes equal in length, hind toe strong, claw 

 elongated, and nearly straight. 



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