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Towhee Bunting. 



Crown and back, black; throat, black; sides of body, rufous 

 brown; belly, white. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (male). 



Towhee Bunting. 



See No. 271. 



Head and entire under parts, black; a tawny white patch on the 

 back of the neck; back, black; rump, whitish. (This species belongs 

 in the family Icteridae (see Section 8 ) , but to the uninitiated the bill 

 has a slight resemblance to birds in this class.) Dolichonyx oryzivorus. 



Bobolink. 

 See No. 223. 



Crown, black, mixed with buffy white; a nuchal collar (back of 

 neck), chestnut; back, streaked; breast, more or less marked with 

 black; belly, white; hind toe nail, long; an oblique white patch on 

 outer tail feather. Calcarius lapponicus. 



Lapland Longspur. 

 See No. 245. 



Top and sides of the head, black (in sum- 

 mer); ear coverts and superciliary stripe, 

 white; back, streaked; under parts, buff; hind 

 toe nail, long; in winter without black head, 

 and markings different, but the tawny buff 

 under parts will distinguish it from the other 

 Longspurs. Calcarius pictus. 



Smith's Longspur. 

 See No. 246. 



Smith's Longspur. 



