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hVSESSORES. EMBERIZIDM. 



CONIROSTRES. 



PLATE XCVIIL 



LAPLAND BUNTING. 



Plectrophanes Lapponica. 



This species, although usually known as the Lapland 

 Bunting, is by no means confined to that country, nor does 

 it appear to be more common there than elsewhere ; on the 

 contrary, it is said to be far more abundant in the north- 

 eastern parts of Russia, in Siberia, and the north of Asia 

 generally, than in any other part of the world. The summer 

 habitation of this species, besides the countries mentioned, 

 includes other localities within the limits of the Polar circle ; 

 it is found in Iceland, and more sparingly in the north of 

 Sweden ; in Spitzbergen, and the Ferro Islands ; and in- 

 habits Greenland, and some other of the colder portions of 

 North America. In autumn this species retires from within 

 the Polar circle, and descends to more habitable regions, fre- 

 quenting in winter various parts of the east of European 

 Russia, the Ural mountains, and probably the vast extent of 

 country that stretches thence eastward to the Pacific Ocean. 

 Its habitation at this desolate period in America, is on the 

 borders of Hudson's Bay, and in the vicinity of the lakes of 

 Canada. 



