TREE-SPARROW OR BUNTING. 585 



confident as the common House-Sparrow of England. It 

 has much the habit of E. pusilla, which differs however, 

 from the present by its more robust and cinnamon-colored 

 bill, in the chestnut-brown crown and back, &c. 



Length 5 inches 9 lines ; tail 2 inches 8 lines ; wing 2^ inches ; 

 the bill above, 4 lines ; tarsus 7J lines. Light clay color, or yellow- 

 ish brown ; French grey towards the nape ) in the middle of each 

 feather a dark blackish-brown stripe down the middle, not conspic- 

 uous on the back feathers ; these spots are crowded into two stripes 

 on the head, between which is a paler line ; over each eye is another, 

 much more conspicuous, and whiter. Auricular feathers yellowish- 

 brown, with darker edgings, and bordered below with a stripe whiter 

 than the throat. Lesser or smallest wing coverts without spots ; the 

 row adjoining the greater coverts black, Avith whitish tips ; the rest 

 of the covers and quills edged with the same. Below white, tinged 

 very slightly with grey, and, on the breast and flanks, with clay 

 color. Bill and legs yellowish, the ridge and tip of the former um- 

 ber-brown. In the structure and proportion of its wings, feet and 

 tail, it perfectly resembles Emheriza schceniculus. 



TREE-SPARROW or BUNTING. 



(Emberiza canadensis, Swaixs. North. Zool. ii. p. 252. FringiUa 

 canadensis^ Bonap. Synops. No. 175. Nutt. Man. Orn. 1. p. 495.) 



The Tree-Bunting arrives, in small flocks, on the banks 

 of the Saskatchewan, in the third week in April, and, after 

 a short halt proceeds farther north to breed. Audubon found 

 this species breeding in Labrador, at which time it sings 

 with considerable energy. The nest built in the forks of 

 a bush, is made compactly, almost like that of the Yellow 

 Bird or American Goldfinch, and the eggs, except in their 

 superior size, are similar with those of the Chipping Spar- 

 row. 



