7 8 allen’s naturalist’s library. 
Plectrophanes lapponiais , Dresser, B. Eur., iv., p. 223, pi. 253 
(1872); Newt. ed. Yarn, ii., p. 15 (1876). 
Calcarius lapponicus, B. O. U. List Br. B., p. 62 (1883) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xii., p. 579 (1SS8): Saunders, 
Man., p. 213 (1889). 
Emberiza lapponica, Seeb., Br. B., ii., p- 13 1 (1S84); Lilford, 
Col. Fig. Br. B., pt. xvii. (1891). 
Adnlt Male.— Above black, streaked with rufous or white ; 
wing-feathers blackish, edged with whitish or pale rufous ; 
tail-feathers the same, the outer one white, with a brown mark 
near the end of the outer web, the inner web also dusky near 
the base ; crown , sides of face , and throat black , with a broad 
collar of chestnut round the hind-neck and on the sides of the 
neck ; a creamy-buff eyebrow, and a broad line of white from 
the eyebrow down the sides of the neck to the sides of the 
breast, forming a patch on the latter; under surface of body 
creamy-white, with black stripes on the flanks ; bill dull yel- 
low, dusky at the tip ; feet brownish-black ; iris dark brown. 
Total length, 6 inches; culmen, 0-4; wing, 3'5 ; tail, 2-35; 
tarsus, 075. 
Adult Female. — Differs from the male in wanting the black 
head and rufous collar on the neck. Total length, 5 inches ; 
wing, 3'S- 
In winter the entire plumage is obscured by sandy-rufous 
edges to the feathers, and the young birds which visit this 
country as a rule are in winter dress, and resemble the winter 
plumage of the old ones, but the general tone of the plumage 
is more buff, with the white patch on the sides of the neck 
visible, and the eyebrow also plainly marked. 
Xange in Great Britain.— An occasional visitor in autumn and 
winter some fifty occurrences having now been recorded. 
These are principally from England ; as for Scotland only 
two records have been noted, and for Ireland only one. 
Xange outside tie British Islands.— Breeds in the high north of 
both hemispheres, being very common in the tundras or barren 
grounds of Siberia and North America. It likewise nests on 
the high mountain ranges of Norway, such as the Dovreljeld. 
In winter it migrates south, and has been procuied m nearly 
