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... .The Emberizidae are most richly represented in America and are considerably less numerous in Asia, Europe, and Africa. The USSR has representatives of three genera: Emberiza, Calcarius, and Plectrophenax. The last has one species, the snow bunting ( P. Nivalis. ). Some American species of Emberizidae sometimes migrate to the northeastern USSR.

... n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States.