After the autumn moult the male resembles the female. The darker hue of the breeding
dress is produced by the pale margins of the plumage dropping off.
D im en sio n s
Of the male.
Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. Length total . 6 8 Length of bill from rictus Inch. Lin. 0 61 Length of middle nail . 0 2* „ of tail . 2 9 ,, of tarsus . 0 10 ,, of hind toe. . 0 4* ,, of folded wing . 3 9 of middle toe 0 7 ,, of its nail . . 0 5
„ .of bill above . . 0 6
Several males, killed at Carlton, were about half an inch shorter than the preceding.
167•] 3. E mberiza (P lectrophanes) picta. (Swainson.) Painted
Buntling.
Ge n u s , Emberiza, L in n . Sub-genus, Plectrophanes, M e t e r .
Ch . Sp . E m b e r iz a (Plectrophanes) p ic t a , oapite nigro, lined superciliari et macula nucha auricularibusque et
tectricibus alarum intermediis albis, corpore subtus et torque ochreis.
Sp . Ch . P a in t e d B u n t l in g , head black ; a line passing over the eye, a small spot on the nape, another on the
ears, and a large patch on the wing, white ; collar and the whole under plumage brownish buff-yellow.
P late x l ix .
This species was observed associating with the Lapland Buntlings on the
banks of the Saskatchewan, but no information was received respecting its
breeding quarters. Only one specimen was obtained.
DESCRIPTION
Of a specimen, killed at Carlton House, April, 1827-'
C o l o u r .—Head and sides velvet-black, with vestiges of a brownish-white fringe, indicating
the autumnal plumage. Three distinct stripes of pure white on the sides of the head,
one bordering the chin, another on the ear, and a third above the eye: a less distinct
spot on the middle of the nape. The neck above wood-brown; the dorsal plumage and
lowest rows of wing coverts blackish-brown, broadly edged with light greyish-brown: the
C T I O T P H M E 8 W C T A .
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