1S71.] MR. J. E, HARTING ON ARCTIC BIRDS. 113 



others from Holland and Germany by 3 inches in total length, 

 by 2| inches in length of wing, by \ inch in length of bill, by 

 \ inch in length of tarsus. According to Prince Maximilian*, the 

 only difference discernible to him between the European and Ame- 

 rican Ravens was the slender bill of the former. Prof. Baird saysf , 

 "L have not at hand specimens of the European Raven for the 

 purpose of making a critical comparison with our own ; but most 

 recent authors agree in considering them distinct, although Audubon 

 maintained the contrary opinion." 



Case 6. Snow-Bunting. 



Emberiza nivalis, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 82. 



Plectrophanes nivalis, Meyer, Taschenb. Deutsch. Vog. p. 58. 



Two in early spring plumage, brought home by Lieut. Hulme 

 Hooper, R.N., in 1851, from Mackenzie River. 



Case 7. In this case are nine birds, belonging to four species, 

 namely :— 



Lapland Bunting. 



Emberiza lapponica, Nilsson, Orn. Suec. i. p. 157. 

 Plectrophanes lapponica, Selby, Linn. Trans, xv. p. 156, pi. i. 



Two males and a female ; Godshaab, June 3, 1865. 



Mealy Redpole. 



Two females; Godshaab, June 1, 1865. 



Grey Phalarope. 



Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). 



Two ; Godshaab, June 13, 1865. This bird in summer plumage is 

 the Trinya fulicaria of Linnaeus, Syst, Nat. i. p. 249, and in winter 

 his Tringa lobata (I. c). 



Red-necked Phalarope. 

 Phalaropus hyperboreus (Linn.). 



For this species, of which there are two specimens in the case, 

 no locality is noted. 



Case 8. In this case are four species belonging to widely dif- 

 ferent genera, all of which appear to have been brought from 

 Mackenzie River, probably by Lieut. Hulme Hooper, R.N., before 

 referred to. 



Lapland Bunting. 



Plectrophanes lapponica (Nilsson). 



A male. 



* Reise clurch Nord-Amer. ii. p. 289. 

 t Birds N. America, p. 5G1 . 



Proc. Zool. Bog.— 1871, No. VIII. 



