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SNOW BUNTING. 



SNOW FLAKE. SXOW FLECK. SNOW FOWL. 



TAWNY BUNTING. GREAT TIED MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



MOUNTAIN BUNTING. LESSER MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



BRAMBLING. GREATER BRAMBLING. 



PLATE LXXV. FIG. I. 



Plectrsphanes nivalis, . . Meyer. Selbt. 



JEmheriza nivalis, . . Linn^us. Gmelin. Latham. 



Emheriza glacialis, . . Latham. Pennant. 



Emheriza mustelina, . . Gmelin. 



Emheriza montana, . . Gtmelin. Latham. Pennant. 



The nest, which is made of dry grass, lined with 

 hair and a few feathers, is generally fixed in the cre- 

 vice of a rock, or among stones on the ground. Captain 

 Lyons, E.. N., found one placed in the bosom of a 

 dead Esquimaux child, a situation suggestive of affecting 

 thoughts, but the history connected with which must 

 remain unknown until that day when both land and 

 sea shall give up their dead. Others have been found 

 under the shelter of the drift timber, which is, alas! 

 but too frequently to be met with on the shores of 

 the frozen seas. How many a tale also does it tell 

 with its expressive though silent voice, 



"Of ttose 

 For whom tlie place yv&s kept, 

 At board and heartli so long." 



