LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 
CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS. 
Cuar. Above, brownish black, the feathers edged with dull buff, 
wing-feathers with dull bay; head and throat rich black (female and 
young have the crown same as back); line from eyes and down side of 
throat, white ; band of bright chestnut across hind-neck; tail with patches 
of white on outer feathers ; below, dull white, breast and sides marked 
with black; bill yellow, tipped with black; legs and feet black. Length 
about 6% inches. 
LVest. In swampy moorlands, amid deep moss or tuft of grass, or at 
the base of a mound; composed of grass, plant-stems, roots, and moss, 
lined with feathers or deer’s hair. 
£ggs. 4-7; pale grayish brown or reddish brown, marked with dark 
brown ; 0.80 X 0.60. 
This species generally inhabits the desolate Arctic regions of 
both continents. Inthe United States a few stragglers from 
the greater body show themselves in winter in the remote and 
