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LAPLAND BUNTING. 



LAPLAND LARK BUNTING. LAPLAND FINCH 



PLATE LXXV. — FIG. II. 



P^ectrophanes lapponica, . . Selby. 

 Emheriza lapponica, . . . Jenyns. 



The nest is placed on some small hillock in low 

 marshy situations, among moss and stones, and is built 

 of stems of grass, neatly and compactly lined with hair 

 or feathers. 



The eggs, usually six or seven in number, are pale 

 yellow, spotted with brown. 



One is dull greyish green, slightly variegated all over 

 with a rather darker shade, and a few amalgamated 

 streaks. 



A second is dull greenish, with a few small, and 

 other larger reddish and brown marks and dashes, mostly 

 at the larger end. 



A third is a mixture of pale pink and dull pale green 

 and yellow, with a few distinct dark brown dots and 

 waved streaks. 



A fourth is yellowish brown, mottled over with 

 darker, and with an irregular dark streak or two. 



A fifth is also yellowish brown, but darker and 

 richer, elegantly varied with darker marks. 



They vary considerably both in size and shape. 



The figure is from an egg in the collection of J. 

 H. De. Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford. 



