. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. LAPLAND LOXOSI'UR. 305 â rn Â¥â. iiiist'ttlud jtarts of Maine, Michigan, and the Northwestern TerritoricH. Large Hocks also at times enter the Union, and contrary to tiieir ustial practice of resting anhy fields, and the nest is thickly and loosely constructed of moss and grass, and lined with a few feathers and deer's h:iir. The Longs])ur, like the Lark, sings only as it rises in the air, in which, suspended aloft, it utters
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. LAPLAND LOXOSI'UR. 305 â rn Â¥â. iiiist'ttlud jtarts of Maine, Michigan, and the Northwestern TerritoricH. Large Hocks also at times enter the Union, and contrary to tiieir ustial practice of resting anhy fields, and the nest is thickly and loosely constructed of moss and grass, and lined with a few feathers and deer's h:iir. The Longs])ur, like the Lark, sings only as it rises in the air, in which, suspended aloft, it utters a few agreeable and mrloiliouM notes. ted with duU 1 black (fcmnle .uu: and cl': and sides ;.; feet bUick. Lr,o . tuft of grass " I,,, roots, and u>u-. L, marked witl' 1 Arctic regi>'n^^'' |v stragglers frov: the reniote aiv. The Longspur occurs in winter in South Carolina. Kentucky, and Kansas, tliougli it is not common south of al)out 40^. Of its song Mr. Ilagerup writes to me: "It sounds l)est when tile liird, after mounting up in the sky, drops slowly to the earth with extended wings. The song is not very long, hut lias a sweet, tlute-likc tone, and though the melofh' is attractive, it is almost mel- anclioly in its wild plaintivcness, â as, indeed, all the notes of this species ; XoTi:. â One example of the Cni:sT\rT-( Loncisitk ^Cti: .in'i/s oniatiis) was captured in Massacluisutts in iSyf). The u.^iial range of this bird is limited to the Central Plains. â from Tlx's to tlie .Saskatchewan. SMirn's LoNGSi'UU {Ca/cariiis pictitsK which occurs in the in- terior, - breeding from the Great Slave Lake district to liie Arctic Ocean, â is found, in winter, in IlHnois. NOL, I. 20. 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 Chamberlain, Mon
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