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LAPLAND I.AKK-BUNTING. 
chestnut on the throat and breast. In the birds 
of the previous summer’s brood, the head, cheeks, 
and sides of the breast, are chestnut ; the whole 
upper parts are yellowish brown, having the 
plumes on the back brownish black in the centre, 
but shaded into the yellowish edges. The wings 
are brownish black, without white on the shoul- 
ders, and having a small portion only of the base 
of the secondaries white. The tail is similar to 
that of the old bird, but with the proportion of 
white much less. These two states of plumage form 
the Mountain and Tawny Bunting of authors. In 
the full breeding dress, the head, neck, and under 
parts, are pure white, and the feathers of the 
back and wings having thrown off their pale tips, 
leave those parts of a deep black, giving to the 
bird a plumage of very decided contrast. 
The Lapland Lark-Bunting, Plectro- 
phanes Lapponica, Selb. — Fringilla Lapponica, 
Linn. — Emberiza calcarata, Temm. — Lapland 
Ia) rig spur, Bonap. — Lapland Lark-Bunting of 
modern British authors. — This bird, almost quite 
a northern species, has been taken occasionally in 
Britain, and has thus obtained a title to rank in 
our Fauna. The first specimen which was noticed 
was obtained in the London market, and came 
into the possession of N. A. Vigors, Esq. from 
whose collection Mr Selby described it, and 
added some remarks on its affinities and distribu- 
tion, and its occurrence as a British bird, in a 
