28 LAPLAND BUNTING. 



The young bird after the first moult has the bill yellowish 

 brown; head, crown, neck on the back, and nape, dark brown, 

 the feathers with light brown edges, giving it a streaked 

 appearance; chin and throat, whitish with small longitudinal 

 spots; breast, pale reddish or brownish white, spotted with 

 darker brown on the lower part and sides; back, dark brown, 

 the feathers with light brown edges; primaries, secondaries, 

 and tertiaries, bordered with deep red. The tail has a 

 reddish spot on the outer feather, and a longitudinal one on 

 the next; legs, toes, and claws, light brown. 



The young female has the bill yellowish brown; from its 

 lower corner extends a streak of dark brown spots; over the 

 eye is a broad streak of pale brown; head on the sides, 

 brown, partly mixed with black, as the crown; neck on the 

 back, and nape, pale brown, tinged with yellowish grey, the 

 shafts of the feathers blackish brown; in front the neck is 

 dull white, with dusky streaks down the shafts of the feathers. 

 Throat, yellowish white; breast, dull white, with dusky streaks 

 down the shafts of the feathers. Greater wing coverts, blackish 

 brown, deeply margined with chesnut brown, the tips white; 

 primaries, dusky, with paler edges; secondaries, blackish brown, 

 deeply margined with chesnut brown, the tips white; legs, 

 toes, and claws, brown. 



