the base of the beak and the eye, the forehead, crown of the
head, and occiput, velvet black, with a collar of bright chestnut
on the nape of the neck and upper part of the back ;
the feathers of the back, wings, and upper tail-coverts, reddish
brown at the edge, dark brown at the centre; the small
wing-coverts edged with white ; the greater coverts and ter-
tials with a broad margin of re d ; quill-feathers blackish
brown, with narrow light-coloured exterior margins ; the tail-
feathers also blackish brown, with reddish edges; the two
outer feathers with a conical white spot at the end ; the tail
forked; the chin, cheeks, ear-coverts, throat, and breast,
velvet black ; behind the eye, and surrounding the ear-coverts,
a streak of white which descends to the breast, bounding
the black on the throat and breast; lower part of the
breast, the belly, and under tail-coverts, dull white ; sides of
the breast and flanks spotted with black ; legs, toes, and
claws, pitch black ; the hind claw almost straight.
The whole length about six inches and a quarter. From
the carpal joint to the end of the wing, three inches and a
half : the first quill-feather the longest in the wing.
Dr. Richardson says, | | the female differs in having the
chin greyish ; the black plumage of the head and breast
edged with pale brown and grey, and the chestnut feathers
of the nape fringed with white. The white stripes are
duller.”
“ 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.”
My own young bird has the beak brown ; the whole of the
plumage dark brown, with light brown edges ; quill and tail-
feathers brownish black ; throat, breast, and all the under
surface, pale brown, spotted with darker brown on the breast
and flanks ; legs, toes, and claws, light brown.
INSESSORES. EMBERIZIÜJE.
CONIROSTRES.
TH E SNOW BUNTING.
Emberiza glacialis, Tawny Bunting, P enn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 442.
,, montaiia, Mountain ,, „ „ 445.
,, nivalis, Snow ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet.
,, mustelina, Tawny ,, ,, >>
,, montana, Mountain ,, ,, Supplt.
,, nivalis, Snow ,, ,, ,, and Appen.
,, glacialis, Tawny ,, ,, >>
,, nivalis, Snow ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 181.
,, mustelina, Tawny ,, .. „ 184.
,, nivalis, Snow ,, F lem. Brit. An. p. 78.
Plectrophanes ,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 279.
Emberiza ,, ,, ,, J enyns, Brit. Vert. p. 129.
Plectrophanes ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. v.
Emberiza ,, Bruant de neige, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 319
W hatever differences of opinion might have existed
formerly, it is now well ascertained that the Mountain, the