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pie was caught on the downs near Brighton, in or prior to 

 1827, and kept caged for some months, when it came into 

 my own collection (Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 156). The 

 third was also taken alive in September, 1828, a few miles 

 north of London, and its capture made known by Mr. Gould 

 (Zool. Journ. v. p. 104). The fourth, caught near Preston 

 in Lancashire, in October, 1833, was selected from a variety 

 of other small birds in the Manchester market, and is now 

 preserved in the museum of that city. The fifth is recorded 

 (Zool. p. 316) as having been obtained in the summer of 

 1843 near Milnthorpe in Westmoreland. Each of these 

 examples exhibited the plumage of the less conspicuous 

 bird in the woodcut here given. On September 30th, 1844, 

 an adult male was netted with some Larks on the downs near 

 Brighton ; and this specimen, which I have seen in the pos- 

 session of Mr. Borrer, is in the plumage of summer as 

 represented in the lower figure, but undergoing a slight 

 change from the advance of the season. 



Since this date the occurrence in England of more than a 

 dozen examples has been put on record. Most of them 

 were caught alive, and kept for a longer or shorter time in 

 captivity. Three of them are said to have been taken near 

 Brighton, three not far from London, four in Norfolk, two 

 in the neighbourhood of Shrewsbury, one near Southport in 

 Lancashire, and one near Durham. In most cases the birds 

 were associating with Larks, and no mention is made of any 

 one of them being accompanied by others of its own species. 

 The Lapland Bunting is stated to have been found twice in 

 Caithness, the only instances of its being observed in Scot- 

 land ; but its appearance in Ireland has not been recorded. 



The home of this species is neither so far to the north- 

 ward nor in such alpine heights as that of the preceding. 

 It never verges on the line of perpetual snow nor inhabits 

 the stony wastes so much affected by the Snow-Bunting, 

 but prefers the upland swamps where there is a thick 

 growth of low willows and other plants characteristic of such 

 spots, especially if there be also an abundance of long 

 grass. These places are in Lapland equally the resort of 



