. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 56 E. G. Franz Sauer u. Emil K. Urban Bonn, zool. Beitr. about two to three days old on 30 June. On 8 July immatures 15 to 16 days old roamed about Boxer Lake. A nest with three eggs we found in a wet meadow about 100 meters north of the camp on 20 July may have been a second clutch encouraged by the exceptionally favorable summer of Fig. 7. Snow Bunting, a) nest site in the gravel bed of Boxer Riverf b) leaving through south entrance, c) clutch, 28 June 1960
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 56 E. G. Franz Sauer u. Emil K. Urban Bonn, zool. Beitr. about two to three days old on 30 June. On 8 July immatures 15 to 16 days old roamed about Boxer Lake. A nest with three eggs we found in a wet meadow about 100 meters north of the camp on 20 July may have been a second clutch encouraged by the exceptionally favorable summer of Fig. 7. Snow Bunting, a) nest site in the gravel bed of Boxer Riverf b) leaving through south entrance, c) clutch, 28 June 1960. The cup-shaped nests of these longspurs usually were built of grass and lined with soft white feathers. During the daytime observations only the females were seen to incubate. By the end of July family groups wandered through both dry and wet tundra, but in August were rarely seen in the dry tundra. Plectrophenax nivalis. Snow Buntings were common at Boxer Bay and were observed daily. They nested in the cliffs, in the rocky bed of Boxer River, as well as in the rocky hinterland of Boxer Bay. The male of a pair nesting next to our camp had a song very similar to that of the European Whitethroat, which we heard him sing nearly every hour of the 24-hour day. Often this pair had boundary clashes with neighboring Snow Buntings. A nest in the dry bed of Boxer River was remarkable in many respects. When the snow and ice receded the boulders in the river bed became exposed and dry. On 27 June, ten days after the water had gone, a female was flushed from under the rocks. Her mate appeared nearby, and both birds silently remained close at hand. Then the female went. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig. Bonn : Das Forschungsinstitut
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