LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 
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GENUS XIII. — EMBERIZA, Linn^us. 
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• ZMBERIZA LAPPONICA j WILSON. — LAPLAND LONGSPUR* 
B °NAPARTE, PLATE XIII. FIG. I. MALE ; FIG. II. FEMALE. 
a,. species, long since known to inhabit the desolate 
tirri re oi°ns of both continents, is now for the first 
l)* 1 ? introduced into the Fauna of the United States; 
J t Vln g' been omitted both in our Synopsis and Catalogue. 
ls entitled to he ranked among the birds of this 
untry, f ronl tj le f ac t ( that a few stragglers out of the 
ti v n ? er ous bands which descend in winter to compara- 
warm latitudes, shew themselves almost every 
»> the higher unsettled parts of Maine, Michigan, 
«i'e i tll ° northwestern territory. Even larger flocks 
tl h known not unfrequcntly to enter the territory of 
Pos h 0n ’ where, contrary to what is generally sup- 
0 , > they are observed to alight on trees, as well as 
hi, . ground, notwithstanding their long and straight 
nail. We think it highly probable that some 
finals, especially in their youth, visit in cold 
^ l-s the mountainous districts of the Middle States ; 
to tt ^ aro " known in Europe to wander or stray 
| more temperate climates of Germany, France, 
OOij -d, and especially Switzerland; in all which 
w^ries, however, the old birds are never seen. It is 
o|,„ ^traordinary that they should never have been 
the Atlantic States, as they are no where 
n >n maritime countries. 
h it V' "8' u re of the adult male in perfect plumage has 
at I? 1 to. M e believe, been given; aud no representation 
h,,' . 18 to be met with in the more generally accessible 
pm ,. s > °r collections of plates. Mr Selby has lately 
D W? . ls bed a figure of the young in the Linnean Trans- 
and it will also, we presume, appear in his 
unjci " 01 'k, which yields to none hut Naumann’s, 
X(j * s > and Wilson’s, in point of accuracy and character, 
of a r ®°orded by him appears to be the first instance 
Ju individual having been found in Britain. The 
