430 HISTORY OF THE 



"Stragglers continue to arrive through April and May, but 

 they were not really plenty either season till about May 20th. 

 They began to sing about the middle of May, and by the 23d, 

 or 24th, were well established and in full song. 



"Three or four pairs made their home near the station, and 

 several more in the village, while the rest were scattered along 

 the edge of the tundra, but few going any distance inland. 

 They especially affected the broken, muddy banks and gullies 

 below the village and along the shore of the lagoons, and the 

 cook's refuse heap was from the first a great attraction. 



"The males spend a great deal of time singing, perched on 

 the highest point they can find. The ridge poles of our build- 

 ings and the wind vane were favorite resorts for these jolly little 

 singers. They continued singing until about the first week in 

 July. 



"Early in June they begin to build, in holes and crevices in 

 the banks, where the nest is always completely concealed, rais- 

 ing, ocasionally at any rate, two broods in a season. The full 

 complement of eggs appears to be six. though I found one nest 

 containing seven eggs, in 1883." 



A set of four eggs, collected June 15th, 1878, at Godthaab, 

 Greenland, from a nest on the ground, made of fine grass and 

 stems, measure: .81x.64r, .82x.65, .85x.66, .87x.62; in form, 

 oval. 



GENUS CALCARIUS BECHSTEIX. 



Bill small, the gonys very short, with its angle opposite the middle of the 

 culmen; maxilla equal to or exceeding the mandible in depth, the depth of the 

 bill not exceeding the length of the gonys. Middle toe with claw shorter than 

 tarsus, the middle claw falling short of that of the hallux. Tail longer than 

 the distance from the carpal joint to the tips of the tertials (except in C. ornatus.) 

 (Ridgway.) 



Calcarius lapponicus 



LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 

 PLATE XXVIL 



Winter sojourner; abundant. Begin to arrive early in No- 

 vember; return in March. 



B. 326. K. 187. C. 220. G. 92. 211. U. 536. 



