162 NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 



THE BLUE-STRIPED BUNTING. 



Emberiza lincolni. 



Fringilla lincolnii. Acdubon, Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, p. 539 ; fol. pi. 1 93. 



Passerculus id. Bonaparte, Comp. List, p. 33. 



Pencaca id. Aoddbon, Synopsis, p. 113; B. of A. Vol, 3, p. 116, pi. 172. 



Characteristics. Head chesnut, with a blue band in the middle and on each side. Throat 

 and belly white. Length, 5 to 6 inches. 



Description. Bill robust, straight, somewhat compressed, obsoletely notched towards the 

 tip. Wings short, convex, rounded ; the first and seventh quills subequal. Tail rather long, 

 graduated, of twelve narrow rather acute feathers. 



Color. Head chesnut, streaked with black. General color above yellowish brown, with 

 streaks of brownish black. Quills and coverts deep brown, margined externally with yellowish 

 brown. Tail yellowish brown ; the outer feathers paler. Throat white, streaked with dusky, 

 with a line of dusky spots on each side. Breast and sides pale buff, with streaks of dusky. 



Length, 5'0-5 - 5. Alar extent, 8 "4. 



This bunting is very rare. It has been observed by Audubon in Labrador in July, and by 

 Mr. William Cooper in the neighborhood of New-York. Its history as yet is incomplete. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



E. grammaca. (Bonap. Am. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 47, pi. 5.) Head striped with white and red; the cen- 

 tral stripe inclining to black. Tail rounded ; lateral tail-feathers partly white. Length, 6| inches. 

 Upper Missouri. 



E. townsendi. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 3, p. 62, pi. 157.) Bluish grey. Line over the eye, chin and 

 throat white : a faint dusky line on each side of the throat. Length, 51 inches. Rocky mountains. 

 Pennsylvania. 



E. pallida. (Id. lb. Vol. 3, p. 71, pi. 161.) Light yellowish brown above ; greyish white beneath : 

 a dusky white band over the eye. Neck light buff; Tail long, emarginate. Length, 5 inches. 

 Missouri, and Northern regions. 



