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EMBEMZID^E. 
INSESSORES. 
CONIROSTIlES. 
EMBERJZIDjE. 
LAPLAND BUNTING. 
Plectrophanes Lapponica. 
PLATE XLVI., FIGS. I. AND II. 
The only account which we have of this species dur¬ 
ing the breeding season, is that of Sir John Richardson, 
which I copy from his “Fauna Boreali Americana”:— 
“In the year 1827, it appeared on the plains at Carlton 
House, about the middle of May, in very large flocks. 
During their stay of ten or twelve days, they frequented 
open spots, where recent fires had destroyed the grass. 
They came to Cumberland House a few days later in the 
season, and there kept constantly in the furrows of a 
newly ploughed field. In the preceding year they were 
seen, though in smaller flocks, in the vicinity of Fort 
Franklin, in the beginning of May. 
“They breed in moist meadows on the shores of the 
Arctic Sea. The nest, placed on a small hillock among 
moss and stones, is composed externally of the dry stems 
of grass interwoven to a considerable thickness, and 
lined very neatly and compactly with deer's hair. The 
eggs, usually seven, are pale ochre yellow, spotted with 
brown.” 
Those which I have figured are from the collection of 
Mr. J. Hancock, and were selected from a large series 
received by him from Greenland. At first sight they 
have little resemblance to those of the buntings ; but, on 
