ALASKAN LONGSPUR. 
536a. Calcarius lapponicus alascensis. 6% inches. 
Their breeding grounds are in the northern part of Alaska 
in summer, and in winter coming as far south as Oiegon 
and Colorado, when they may be frequently found in with 
flocks of Snow Buntings, and, like the Snowflakes, they breed 
on the ground in a depression in the moss or under some 
boulder, making their nest of grass and lining it with feathers. 
Their four to six eggs are grayish, nearly covered with spots 
and blotches of shades of dark brown (.80x.60). 
WESTERN VESPER SPARROW. 
540a. Pooecetes gramineus confinis. 6 inches. 
The chestnut shoulders and outer white tail-feather will dis¬ 
tinguish this from any others of the sparrows, and the sides 
are more of a gray color than the eastern variety. Its 
habit of singing later in the evening gave it the name of 
“Vesper. 7 ’ Found on the Pacific coast, from British Colum¬ 
bia to Mexico. Nest is made of grass, placed in a depression 
on the ground. Four dull white eggs, blotched with brown 
(.80 x .60). 
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