. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migration ... Birds. PINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 289 fat as butter balls. In midwinter, in the far north, when the ther- mometer showed thirty degrees below zero, and the ohill 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 Sliylark has in the sunniest days of June. As long as the snow lasts the Snowflake stays, and as so
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migration ... Birds. PINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 289 fat as butter balls. In midwinter, in the far north, when the ther- mometer showed thirty degrees below zero, and the ohill 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 Sliylark 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. 536. Calcarins lapponicus (TAnn.). Xapland Longsfub. Ad. i in surmner.—Hind toe-nail as long as or longer than toe; liead, neck, throat, and breast blaclc; a buffy line behind the eye; nape rufous; back streaked with blaolc and oohraoeous- and cream-buff; tail fuscous, the two outer feathers with more or less white; belly white; sides streaked with black. Ad. 9 in Slimmer.—Upper parts streaked with black, rufous, oohraceous- and cream-buff; nape ochraceous-buff, the color sometimes concealed by the tips of the feathers; tail fuscous, the outer one or two feathers marked with white; under parts white, the breast and sides streaked with „ „. tt- j i « , f, , , ' , „ . , ,. Fio. 81.—Hind toe of Lap- black and ochraceous-buff. 6 in winter.—bum- land Longspur. lar to 9 in summer, but upper parts blacker, nape more rufous, breast moi-e heavily marked with black, most of the feathers black at the base. 9 in winter.—Similar to 9 in summer, but upper parts duller, nape veith little or no ochraceous. L., 6'25; W., 3'75; T., 2'55; B., '40. Bemarles.—In some plumages this bird bears a general resemblance to cer- tain Sparrows, but differs from them in having the hind toe
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