RICE BUNTING, or BOB-O-LINK. 



(Icterus agripainis, Bonap. Audubon, pi. 54. Emheriza oryzivora, 

 Wilson J ii. p. 48. pi. 12. fig. 1. [male in spring dress.] fig. 2. [fe- 

 male.] Philad. Museum, No. G02G.) 



Sr. Charact. — Tail feathers very acute. — Adult male in spring 

 dress, black; the hind head yellowish white; scapulars, rump, 

 and tail coverts, white, tinged with ash. — Female, young, and 

 male, in early autumn and winter dress, varied with brownish 

 black and brownish yellow 3 beneath dull yellow. The male with 

 much more yellow. 



The whole continent of America, from Labrador to 

 Mexico, and the great Antilles, are the occasional resi- 

 dence of this truly migratory species. About the middle 

 of March, or beginning of April, the cheerful Bob-o- 

 link makes his appearance in the southern extremity of 

 the United States, becoming gradually arrayed in his nup- 

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