the Banks of the Lena River. 441 



"Legs pale brown; upper mandible dark brown, lower 

 pale brown ; iris dark brown." 



Though ^ these specimens can apparently be only Anthus 

 richardi, none of them have the prodigiously long hind claw 

 found in so many examples of Richard's Pipit. 



68. Alauda arvensis (subsp.). 



Three Skylarks were obtained at Yakutsk in June 1903. 

 They are very different from the European A. arvensis arvensis 

 and too brown for A. arvensis cantarella. I cannot, from 

 three rather worn summer birds, come to a final conclusion 

 about them, but 1 believe them to belong to Alauda arvensis 

 intermedia Swinhoc, described (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 89) from 

 Shanghai, where, however, I should think it would be a winter 

 visitor. (Nos. 114, 115, 136.) 



69. Calcarius lappontcus (L.). 



Fringilla lapponica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 180 

 (1758: Lapp! and). 



$ <$ $ ad. et pull. Just out of nest at the mouth of the 

 river, I2.vii. 1903. (Nos. 259 to 265.) 



" Eyes and legs deep brown; bill yellow, with extreme tip 

 black/' 



70. Emberiza chrysophrys Pall. 



Emberiza chrysophrys Pallas, Ileise d. versch. Prov. d. 

 Muss. Reichs, iii. p. 698 (1776: Daurian Alps). 



One male adult of this rare Bunting was obtained at 

 Gigalowa on June 7th, 1903. (No. 6.) 



" Iris hazel ; bill blackish brown, base of lower mandible 

 pale brown ; legs pale brownish cream-coloured." 



71. Emberiza pusilla Pall. 



Emberiza pusilla Pallas, Reise d. versch. Prov. d. Russ. 

 Reichs, iii. p. 697 (1776: Daurian Alps). 



This species was frequently met with twenty miles north 

 of the Arctic Circle, at the Miaukiaria River, at Gigansk and 

 Bulun. (Nos. 173, 174, 175, 181, 204, 205, 220, 221, 291, 

 298, 299, 307, 308, 309, 310, 328, 329, 346, 317.) 



Half-feathered young were taken from nests on 4. vi. 

 ser. vm. — VOL. iv. 2 1 



