380 A SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. 



The wheatear is a summer migrant, but the 

 whinchat is not noticed. 



Of the true warblers he mentions only three. 

 All summer migrants : 



The willow warbler (commonest of all), the 

 blue-throated warbler (common), the redstart 

 (rare). 



There is a doubt if the hedge sparrow comes 

 so far north. He notices only one titmouse, the 

 Siberian tit, which remains throughout the year. 



The skylark is rare. The shorelark very 

 common. Both are summer migrants. 



The yellow bunting (rare), the black-headed 

 bunting (rare), and the Lap bunting (common), 

 are only summer visitors ; but the snow bunting 

 remains throughout the year. 



The common sparrow has once been seen. 

 The tree sparrow is rare (in the summer). The 

 brambling is a common summer migrant. The 

 mealy redpole remains throughout the year, and 

 the Fringilla canescens has been killed here. 



The bullfinch is a rare summer visitant, and 

 although the scarlet bullfinch (P. eryfhrina, Tern.) 

 has been occasionally seen, it is not known with 

 certainty to breed here. The common crossbill is 

 very rarely seen in the district, but appears to 

 breed here. The parrot crossbill evidently does 

 not come so far north as any part of Lapland. 



