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and under parts rosy red, fading nearly to white on the middle of the 

 abdomen ; tail much graduated ; bill black above, yellowish below, with 

 tip black ; legs black ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0'43, wing 2'75, tail 3'5, 

 tarsus 0'87 inch. The female differs in having the under parts white, 

 faintly tinged with rose on the breast ; the throat, breast, and flanks 

 streaked with black, and the outer tail-feathers are dull rose-white. 



Hal. Kan-su and the upper parts of the Tetung river in 

 Mongolia. 



Frequents low dense bushes, chiefly those of Potentilla 

 tenuifolia, in plains and valleys near rivers. It breeds in the 

 Alpine regions north of the Tetung in May, but its nest and 

 eggs are as yet unknown. 



CALCARIUS, Bechst., 1802. 



537. LAPLAND BUNTING. 



CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS. 



Cakarius lapponicus (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 317 (1766) ; (Naum.) iv. 

 p. 318, Taf. 108 ; (Hewitson) i. p. 182, pi. xlvi. figs. 1,2; (Audub.) 



B. Am. pi. 365 ; (Gould) B. of E. iii. pi. 169 ; (id.) B. of Gt. Brit, 

 iii. pi. 30 ; (Newton) ii. p. 15 ; (Dresser) iv. p. 253, pis. 223, 225, 

 fig. 1 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 579 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. 

 p. 557 ; Saunders, p. 223 ; Lilford, iv. p. 16, pi. 9 ; Bidgw. p. 404 ; 



C. calcaratus (Pall.), Eeis. E.B. ii. p. 710, pi. E. (1773). 



Lcrchen-Spornammer, German ; Ijsgors, Dutch ; Lappsparf, 

 Swed.; Narksarmiutah, Greenl.; Lapinsirkku, Finn.; Varri-cicas, 

 Lapp. 



<$ ad. (N. Russia). Head, neck, throat, and sides of breast black, the 

 side of the lower throat white ; supercilium and a stripe down the sides of 

 the neck white ; lower neck and fore part of back rich chestnut-red ; upper 

 parts warm ochraceous and pale rusty red, broadly striped and blotched 

 with black ; remiges and rectrices blackish margined with warm buff, the 

 two outer tail-feathers largely white towards the end ; wing-coverts 

 broadly margined with rufous ; under parts white, the flanks striped with 

 black ; bill yellow, but black at the tip ; legs black ; the hind-claw 

 elongated, straight, lark-like ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0'5, wing 3'75, 

 tail 2'6, tarsus 0'85, hind-toe with claw 0'85 inch. In winter the 

 colours, especially the black, are obscured by buff margins to the feathers , 

 the chestnut collar is obscured, and the head is marked with dull rufous. 

 The female has the crown and back marked with brown, the chestnut collar 

 is duller and marked with black, the throat and sides of the head are buff 

 marked with black, and the upper parts have the margins to the feathers 

 paler and broader. 



