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Plectrophancs nivales. The Snow Bunting. 



This is another very common winter visitor in 

 this part of Canada. They move in large flocks, 

 and are sometimes accompanied by Red-polls 

 and Shore Larks. Color, above, black and white ; 

 underneath, white; head and rump, yellowish- 

 brown. They breed in Lapland and other parts 

 of the far north. 



P. Lapponicus. Lapland Bunting. 



This Bunting breeds in Lapland. Head and 

 neck, black, with a red crescent on the hind 

 neck ; rest of upper parts, black ; lower parts, 

 white. Visits Canada during the fall migrations. 



Sub-Family SPIZELLIN^. TJie Sparrows. 

 Passcrcnlns savanna. The Savannah Sparrow. 



This sparrow arrives here about the middle of 

 April. Is five and a-half inches long ; the upper 

 parts streaked with dark brown, the crown with 

 a medium stripe of yellowish-gray ; eyelids, yel- 

 low ; the forepart of the breast, streaked ; the 

 under parts white. Nests on the ground ; eggs, 

 four to six, pale blue, mottled with purplish- 

 brown. Departs for the south early in October. 

 All the birds of this family feed upon insects 

 and seeds. Two broods are raised in a season. 

 It is a fme singer. 

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