Plate CCCLXV. Male and Female.
Male, in summer, with the head and fore part of the neck black; a
white band over the eye, passing along the neck, and margining the
black; a brownish-red crescent on the hind neck; the feathers on the
rest of the upper parts black, broadly margined with yellowish-red;
first row of small coverts tipped with white; lower parts white, the
sides streaked with black. Male, in winter, with the upper part of the
head black, the feathers edged with brownish-red, cheeks and band over
the eye greyish-yellow; feathers of the fore neck black, broadly
tipped with white; dark streaks on the sides not apparent. Female with
the upper parts reddish-grey, spotted with black; a greyish-white band
over the eye; the cheeks greyish-brown; lower parts greyish-white, the
sides streaked with dusky.
_Male_, 6-9/8; wing, 3-10/12.
Fur Countries in summer. In winter, as far westward as Kentucky.
Abundant. Migratory.
Lapland Longspur, Emberiza lapponica, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i.
p. 53.
Emberiza lapponica, Bonap. Syn. p. 440.
Emberiza (Plectrophanes) lapponica, Lapland Buntling, Swains.
& Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 248.
Lapland Longspur, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 463.
Lapland Longspur, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 473.