LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 475 
the quills and coverts blackish-brown, edged with light red; the tail 
brownish-black, the feathers edged with reddish-grey. 
Female in summer. Plate CCCLXV._ Fig. 3. 
The female has the bill yellowish-brown, tipped with dusky, the 
feet and claws brownish-black, the upper part of the head, the hind 
neck, and the back, are reddish-grey, spotted with black ; the wings 
and tail as in the male. A reddish-white band over the eye, and down 
the neck ; the lore dusky ; a black band from behind the eye ; the cheeks 
light yellowish-brown ; a black band from the lower mandible margining 
the throat, which is white ; as are the lower parts generally; but the 
lower part of the neck is spotted with black, and the sides streaked 
with dusky. 
Length to end of tail 5,9, inches ; wing from flexure 3; ; tail 2. 
