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F I G. C.
E M B E R I Z A LEUCOPHRYS.
C H A B A C T E R SPECIFICUS.
Emberiza cinerea, vertice nigro fafciis longitudinalibus albis, abdomiiie albo, remigibus caiidaque
fxifcis.
S P E C I F I C C H A K A C T E K , &c.
Alh-coloured Emberiza, with black crown ftriped longitudinally with white, white belly,
brown wing and tail-feathers.
White-crowned Bunting. LATH. 2. p. 200.
THIS bird is about the fize of a chaffinch, and is fomewhat more than feven inches in length;
Its principal marks of diftinftion as a fpecies are the remarkable white ftripes on the head. It
fometimes happens that the covert-feathers of the wings are flightly edged with white. The
female feareely differs in appearance from the male. It is an inliabitant of the colder regions
of North America, and is principally found in Canada.
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