. Handbook of birds of eastern North America [microform] : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations and a brief account of their haunts and habits with introductory chapters on the study of ornithology, how to identify birds and howto collect and preserve birds, their nests, and eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Ornithologie. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 289 is the comos il come i in the reality arc as. Fio. toe of Lap- laud Louj;spuf. fat as butter balls. In mi
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America [microform] : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations and a brief account of their haunts and habits with introductory chapters on the study of ornithology, how to identify birds and howto collect and preserve birds, their nests, and eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Ornithologie. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 289 is the comos il come i in the reality arc as. Fio. toe of Lap- laud Louj;spuf. fat as butter balls. In midwinter, in the far north, when the ther- mometer showed thirty degrees below zero, and the chill blizzard was blowing on the plains, I have seen this brave little bird gleefully chasing his fellows, and pouring out as he flew his sweet, voluble song with as much spirit as ever Skylark has in the sunniest days of June. As long as the snow lasts the Snowflake stays, and as soon as the ground grows bare and there is promise of better days, this bird of winter betakes himself again to the north, as far as ever human foot has been, and there builds his nest. Ernest E. Thompson. 636. Calcarius lapponicus (/)/»».)• Lapland LoNdsnrii. Ad. s in summer.—Hind toc-nuil us long as or longer tluiii toe ; lit-ml, noek, tlirout, and breast ulaek; a butty lino behnul tho eye; nape rufous; back streaked with black and ochraceous-and ereaui-butt'; tail fuscous, tiiu two outer featliers with more or less wliite; belly white; sides streaked with black. All. 9 in summer.—Upper parts streaked with black, rufous, ochraceous- and creani-butl"; nape ochraceous-burt', the color sometimes concealed by the tips of the feathers; tail fuscous, the outer one or two feathers marked with wliite; under parts white, the breast and sides streaked with black and ochraeeous-butf. & in winter.—Simi- lar to 9 in sununer, but upper parts blacker, nape ' more rufous, breast more heavily marked with b
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