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THE LAPLAND BUNTING. 
CaxcArius Lapponicus (Linnzus). 
The Lapland Bunting or “ Longspur” was first recognized as a 
visitor to our islands by Selby early in 1826, when one was sent 
from Cambridgeshire, with some Larks, to Leadenhall Market ; while 
subsequently, at long intervals, examples have been obtained near 
London, in Lancashire, Westmoreland and Durham, near Whitby 
on the spring migration, in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, near Shrews- 
bury, and several on the coasts of Kent, Sussex and Hants. Only 
about forty specimens had, however, been taken in England (almost 
all on the autumn migration) up to 1892, when there came a great 
invasion, chiefly on the East coast, followed by larger numbers in 
1893, when flocks were observed near Flamborough and in Lincoln- 
shire. In Scotland two specimens are said to have been obtained 
in Caithness, and in October 1892 others were taken in the Orkneys 
and Shetlands. In Ireland Mr. Barrington received a female from 
the Fastnet Rock, on October 16th 1887. 
In summer the Lapland Bunting inhabits the greater part of the 
circumpolar regions, being found on both sides of Greenland up 
