^^3 TAWNY BUNTING. Class II. 



almoft white : the upper part of the breaft is of 

 a dull yellow -, the bread and whole under part of 

 the body white, dafhed with a yellowilh tinge. 

 The back and fcapular feathers are black, edged 

 with a pale reddifh brown : the rump and covert 

 feathers of the tail are white on their lower halfj 

 on their upper, yellow. 



The tail confifts of twelve feathers, and is a 

 little forked : the three exterior feathers are white : 

 the two outmoft marked with a dufky fpot on the 

 exterior fide ; the third is marked with the fame 

 color on both fides the tip : the reft of the tail fea- 

 thers are entirely duiky. The wings, when clofed, 

 reach about the middle of the tail: the color, 

 of as much of the fix firft quil-feathers as ap- 

 pears in view, is dufky, flightly tipt with a red- 

 difh white : their lower part on both fides white : 

 in the feven fucceeding feathers the dufky color 

 gradually gives place to the whiter which in the 

 feventh of thefe pofTefTes the whole feather, except 

 a fmall fpot on the exterior upper fide of each ; 

 the two next are wholly white : the reft of the 

 quil-feathers and the fcapular feathers are black, 

 edged with a pale red : the baftard wing, and the 

 outmoft fecondary feathers are of the fame color 

 with the quil-feathers : the reft of them, together 

 with the coverts, are entirely white, forming one 

 large bed of white. The legs, feet and claws arc 

 black : the hind toe is very long, like that of a 



lark, but not fo ftrait. 



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