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A large series of eggs from Nachvak, Labrador, taken by Mr. 

 R. Gray in 1897. One set of seven eggs taken at Repulse Bay, 

 Hudson Bay, by Captain A. Murray. 



534a. Pribilof Snowflake. 



Passerina nivalis townsendi (Ridgw.) Ridgw. 1898. 

 This species was described from specimens taken by myself at 

 St. Michael, and by Mr. McKay at Nushagak, Bristol Bay. At 

 both localities the bird appeared only as a migrant. {Nelson.) 

 Aleutian Islands, including Prybilof Islands, and Shumagin 

 Islands. {Ridgway.) 



535. McKay's Snowflake. 



Passerina hyperborea (Ridgw.) Ridgw. 1898. 

 Western Alaska, breeding on Hall Island, (and probably St. 

 Matthew Island) Behring Sea. (A. 0. U. Check-List^ Two 

 specimens of this rare bird were recently sent to me from Bethel, 

 90 miles up the Kuskokwin River, in the western part of Alaska. 

 This is probably the farthest inland at which the bird has yet 

 been found. (Witmer Stone in The Auk, Vol. XV., 269, 1898.) 

 Hall Island, Behring Sea, Aug. 4th, 1891. They were in large 

 numbers on the beach and appeared to be breeding in the cliffs. 

 (/. M. Macoun.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three; taken on Hall Island, Behring Sea, by Mr. James M. 

 Macoun, Aug. 4th, 1891. 



CXCIV. CALCARIUS Bechstein. 1803. 



536. Lapland Longspur. 



Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.) Stejn. 1882. 



Breeds generally throughout Greenland as well as on the - 

 Melville Peninsula and other lands to the westward of Davis 

 Strait. {Arct. Man.) Abundant at Fort Chimo, Labrador. 

 Breeds near the mouth of the Koksoak River and on the larger 

 islands. (Packard.) One observed on a small island in James 

 Bay, June 15th, 1896; not seen again until September; then I 

 saw them in large numbers on the barren ground below Fort 



