584 APPENDIX. 



PAINTED BUNTING. 



(Emberiza (Plectrophanes) picta, Swainson, North. Zool. ii. p. 250, 



p]. 49.) 



Sp. Charact. — With the head black; a line passing over the eye, 

 a small spot on the nape, another on the ears, and a large patch on 

 the wing, white ; collar and the whole under plumage buff-yellow. 



This beautifully marked species was observed associating 

 with the Lapland Buntings or Long-Spurs, on the banks of 

 the Saskatchewan, in the month of April, but no informa- 

 tion was obtained respecting its breeding quarters. 



Length 6 inches 3 lines ; tail 2^ inches ; the bill above, 5| inches j 

 the tarsus 10 lines. Head and sides velvet-black. Three strongly 

 marked pure white stripes on the sides of the head, one bordering 

 the chin, another on the ear, and a third above the eye ; a less dis- 

 tinct spot on the middle of the nape. Neck above wood-brown j the 

 back, and lower rows of wing coverts blackish-brown, broadly edged 

 with paler brown ; the intermediate coverts pure white, and the upper 

 ones entirely black. Quills and tail brownish-black, with narrow 

 white edges : the 2 outer pairs of tail feathers white, with their outer 

 tips and inner edges brown. Below of an intermediate color be- 

 tween wood-brown and buff-orange. Inner wing coverts white. 

 Bill bleckish-brown, pale at the base beneath. Legs brown. The 

 tail exceeds the tips of the closed wings an inch. 



CLAY-COLORED BUNTING. 



(Emberiza pallida, Swainson, North. Zool. ii. p. 25L) 



Sp. Charact. — Clay-colored brown, striped with blackish ; beneath 

 white, unspotted; the head with 3 pale and 2 blackish macular 

 stripes ; auriculars brownish. 



This species, even smaller than the Emberiza pusilltty 

 visits the Saskatchewan in considerable numbers. It fre- 

 quents the farm-yard at Carlton House, and is as familiar and 



