PLECTEOPHENAX. 



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Plectrophenax nivalis, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii, p. 672 (1888) ; 



Grant, Ibis, 1893, p. 569 ; 1894, p. 136 ; Pearson, Ibis, 1898, p. 193 ; 



Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 286 (1909). 

 Paaserina nivalis nivalis, Sidgw. B. North Sf Middle Amer. i. p. 148 



(1901) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 202 (1904). 

 Passerina nivalis, Jonrd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 118, pi. 14. flsrs. 17-21 



(1906). 



Eggs of the Snow-Bunting are of a pointed oval shape and are 

 moderately glossy. The ground-colour is generally pale bluish- 

 white, but in some specimens it is yellowish-white or cream-colour. 

 The surface-markings, consisting of streaks, spots, and blotches, 

 are reddish- or orange-brown, and there are generally, in addi- 

 tion, some sharply-defined markings of deep chocolate-brown, but 

 these are almost entirely confined to the larger end of the egg. 

 The underlying markings, which are usually large and conspicuous, 

 consist of blotches and clouds of rich lilac-grey and pale purple. 

 The markings are always densest at the large end, where they are 

 often confluent and form a zone or irregular cap. 



The eggs measure from -8 to 1-05 in length, and from -6 to -68 

 in breadth. 



3. North America. 



1. North America (Henshaw Coll.). 



3. Arctic America. 



4. York Factory, Hudson's Baj-, 



Aug. 



1. Grinnell Land, N. lat. 82° S3', 



24th June {H. W. Feilden). 

 11. Discovery Bay, Grinnell Land 



(C. Hart). 

 4. Greenland. 

 4. Greenland. 

 4. Greenland. 

 4. Greenland (E. Feniker : Hargitt 



CoU.). 



4. Greenland, N. Lat. 61°, 2oth 



June. 



6. South Greenland (H. C. Miiller). 



7. Godhaab, Greenland, 12th June. 



2, Iceland ( W. Proctor : Tristram 



Coll.). 



5. Iceland {W. P. . Tristram Coll.). 



6. Iceland, 18th June. 

 2. Iceland. 



6. Iceland, 6th July. 



24. Iceland (Steineke : Hargitt Coll.). 



7. Iceland. 



6. Iceland, 3rd June. 



6. Iceland, 12th June. 



10. Iceland ( W. Proctor). 



7. Reykjavik, Iceland, 4th June. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dr. Rae [P.]. 



Admiral A. H. Markham [P.]. 



Voy.H.M.S.' Alert.' 



Voy. H.M.S. ' Discovery.' 



Old Collection. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Old Collection. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[PJ. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



