ON THE OENITHOLOGY OF LAPLAND. 293 



Of the buntings, we liad — the yellow bunting 

 (Emberiza citrmella 9 lAxi.; " gulsparf," Sw.), very 

 common ; and if they did not remain here all the 

 winter, they came before us in the spring. 



The black-headed bunting (E. schcenicul/us, Lin.; 

 " safsparf "). — A summer migrant, common in the 

 willow bushes by the river side. 



The ortolan bunting (_£/. hortidana, Lin.) — Yery 

 rare. I could only find one nest. 



And the two northern buntings — the snow 

 bunting and the Lapland bunting. 



Although they did not appear to remain here 

 throughout the winter, we observed small flocks of 

 snow bunting (Emberiza nivalis, Lin.; " sno sparf," 

 Sw.; "alap," Lap.) during our whole journey up 

 north of Hernosand; and very soon after we arrived 

 I shot specimens at Quickiock in nearly pure winter 

 dress; they appeared to leave the lowlands for 

 the fells early in May. During the summer they 

 were always higher up on the fells than the shore 

 lark. We never could find a nest of the snow 

 bunting, although they bred commonly on our 

 fells, and we shot the old birds in summer dress 

 as well as young flyers in the end of July. But I 

 shot one young flyer as early as July 6. I do not 

 so much wonder that we did not find the nest of 

 this bird, for the wildest and most desolate spots 

 on the fells appeared to be their summer home. 



