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It can be recognized by the liver-brown color of the crown, and the wing 

 rarely over 2.} long. 



12. Snowflake (534. Plectrdphenax nivdlis). — A sparrow-like, 

 groaiid-living, winter bird, with much white on head, tail, wings, 

 and under parts ; up- 

 per parts with much 

 nisty-brown, streaked 

 witl^ black. This, our 

 snow-colored snow- 

 bunting, is to be 

 found in the United 

 States only when 

 snow is on the ground. 

 Like most of our 

 small, winter birds, it 

 is a seed -eater. It 

 comes usually in large 

 flocks. (Snow Bunt- 

 ing ; White Snow- 

 bird.) 



Length, 6J; wing, 4|: (4-4.'); tail, 21; tarsus, }; culmen, f. Northern 

 regions ; breeding north of the United States, ami wintering regularly in 

 northern states, and irregularly to Georgia and southern Illinois. 



13. Lapland Longspur (536. Cakdrins lappunkus). — A streaky- 

 backed, white-bellied, sparrow-like, ground-feeding, winter bird 



of the United States, 

 with the nail of the 

 hind toe longer than 

 its toe. The length of 

 the hind toe and its 

 nail can often be de- 

 termined by its tracks. 

 The back has streaks 



Lapland Longspur q£ black, brown, and 



buff. This bird is found among flocks of shorelarks and snow- 

 flakes, and has the habit of squatting back of some clod, where. 



