160 Mr. SeLBY’s Description of the Plectrophanes Lapponica. 
tings. Like the members of the first genus, they live entirely 
upon the ground, and never perch: their mode of progression 
is also the same, being by successive steps, and not the hopping 
motion used by all the true Emberize. A power of flight supe- 
rior to that possessed by the true Buntings is also indicated by 
the greater length of the wings and form of the quill-feathers. 
In Plectrophanes, the first and second quills are nearly equal in 
length, and the longest in the wing: in Emberiza, on the contrary, 
the second and third are equal, and longer than the first. The 
affinity of our genus to Emberiza is shown in the form of the bill, 
which, with the exception of being shorter and more rounded 
on the back, possesses the characteristic distinctions of that 
genus. | 
VH. De- 
