Class II. SNOW BUNTING. 



Thefe birds are fomctimes found in different 

 parts of England; but are not common. I am 

 unacquainted with their breeding places, or their 

 hiftory : are fometimes found white, and then mif- 

 taken for white larks. 



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Emberiza nivalis. Lin. fjjl. Avis ignota a Pipcrino mifla. 122. Snow, 



308. 

 Snofparf. Faun. Suec, No. 



227. 

 Le Pincon de neige ou la 



niverolle. Brifon, III. 162. 

 Cimbris, fneekok, vinter fugl. 



Nor-uegis. Sneefugl, Fiallter. 



Brunnich, 245. 



Gefner anj, 798. 

 Scopoliy No. 214. 

 Snow-bird, Ednv. 126. Ege^ie 



Greenl. 64. Marten^ s Spitz- 



bergen, 7 3 . 

 Forfier in Ph. Tr. vol. LXIL 



p. 403. 



THE weight of this fpecies is one ounce and 

 a quarter : the bill and legs black : the 

 forehead and crown white, with fome mixture of 

 black on the hind part of the head : the back of 

 a full black, the rump white : the baflard wing 

 and ends of the greater coverts black, the others 

 white : the quil-feathers black, their bafe white : 

 the fecondaries white, v;ith a black fpot on their" 

 inner webs. The middle feathers of their tail 

 black ; the three outmoft white, with a dufRy 

 fpot near their ends : from chin to tail of a pure 

 white. 



Thefe birds are called in Scotland., Snow-flakes., 

 from their appearance in hard weather and in deep 



Vol, I. Z fnows. 



