THE BUNTINGS. 
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there are no rocks,” the nest was placed amongst the piles of 
driftwood near the shore ; but in Banffshire the nest taken by 
Mr. Ogilvie Grant and his friends, Capt Savile Reid, Mr. Eagle 
Clarke, and Mr. Hinxman, was in the face of a very wild “scree.” 
Indeed, the general situation of the nest is in precipitous and 
rough ground on high mountains, where it is well concealed in 
a hole among the loose debris of rock. Such, at least, was the 
position of the Banffshire nest, which is now in the British 
Museum. 
Nest. — Composed of grasses and twigs, with, a little moss, 
and lined with hair and a few feathers. Colonel Feildcn found 
a Snow-Bunting nest in the Arctic Regions, in close proximity 
to that of a Snowy Owl, some of whose feathers were used for 
lining the bird’s nest. 
Ei*g 8 . — Five to seven, but sometimes eight. The ground- 
colour varies from stone-grey to cream colour, and bluish- or 
greenish-white. The underlying blotches are lilac-grey or violet, 
with overlying spots or streaks of purplish-black. In this type 
the ground is greenish-blue, and the egg is very Finch like. In 
another type the underlying blotches are reddish-grey, and the 
overlying markings and blotches are generally darker rufous. 
The eggs vary greatly, and embrace many different types and 
styles of coloration. Axis, o-8-ro inch ; diam., 0-6-07. 
the long-spurred buntings, genus calcarius. 
Calcarius , Bechst., Orn. Taschenb., p. 130 (rSo2). 
Type, C. lapponicus (Finn.). 
The Long-spurs, of which the Lapland Bunting is the type, 
are three in number, two of the species being North American 
— C. ornatus and C.pktus, — while the third, C. lapponicus, is an 
inhabitant of the northern portions of both hemispheres. The 
members of this genus may be recognised from all the other 
Emberizine genera by the length of the hind claw, which is 
longer than the hind toe itself. 
THE LAPLAND BUNTING. CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS. 
Fringilla lapponica, Linn., S. N., i., p. 317 (1766). 
Flectrophanes lapponica , Macg., Br. B., i., p. 469 (1837). 
