LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 
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GENUS XIII. — EMBERIZA , Linnjsus. 
27. -EMBERIZA LAPPONICA , WILSON. LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 
BONAPARTE, PLATE XIII. FIG. I. MALE ; FIG. II. FEMALE. 
This species, long since known to inhabit the desolate 
arctic regions of both continents, is now for the first 
time introduced into the Fauna of the United States ; 
having been omitted both in our Synopsis and Catalogue. 
It is entitled to be ranked among the birds of this 
country, from the fact, that a few stragglers out of the 
numerous bands which descend in winter to compara- 
tively warm latitudes, shew themselves almost every 
year in the higher unsettled parts of Maine, Michigan, 
and the northwestern territory. Even larger flocks 
are known not unfrequently to enter the, territory of 
the Union ; where, contrary to what is generally sup- 
posed, they are observed to alight on trees, as well as 
on the ground, notw ithstanding their long and straight 
hind nail. We think it highly probable that some 
individuals, especially in their youth, visit in cold 
winters the mountainous districts of the Middle States ; 
as they are well known in Europe to w r ander or stray 
to the more temperate climates of Germany, France, 
England, and especially Switzerland; in all which 
countries, however, the old birds are never seen. It is 
not extraordinary that they should never have been 
observed in the Atlantic States, as they are no where 
found in maritime countries. 
No figure of the adult male in perfect plumage has 
hitherto, we believe, been given; and no representation 
at all is to be met with in the more generally accessible 
books, or collections of plates. Mr Selby has lately 
published a figure of the young in the Linnean Trans- 
actions, and it will also, we presume, appear in his 
splendid work, which yields to none but Naumann’s, 
Wolf’s, and Wilson’s, in point of accuracy and character. 
That recorded by him appears to be the first instance 
of an individual having been found in Britain. The 
