REED AND SNOW BUNTINGS 2I 



is very distinct but it is wrong to call this species Black-Headed 

 Bunting as the last named has only been obtained "n the 

 British Isles on one solitary occasion 

 Plumage.-The male has the head and throat black, with a speckling 

 of light brown m Winter; sides of neck and nape whit e P as ato 

 »a line which extends to the base of the beak. The upper 

 portions are dusky and reddish-brown, and the under pLfaare 

 W ^ te V S l feaked with dusk y oa the fl anks. The fema?e has a 

 reddish-brown head with dusky spots, the white necTs not s° 



XrrhV V n th ! ma J 6 ' and the «nde™eath is redd sh° 

 white with dusky spots. Length— Six inches. 



BUNTING, SNOW (Plectrophanes nivalis) 

 Loom f AW-Brambling, Great Pied Mountain Finch Greater 

 Brambhng Lesser Mountain Finch, Little Mountain Fm"ch 

 Mountain Bunting Oat Fowl, Pied Mountain Finch Snowflake 

 Snowfleck, Snow-Fowl, Snow Hammer, Tawny BuntinJ 



H '"Str d m °° rS ^ ^ ^ % come 

 Nesting Period.— May, June, or July 



food,- The larvae of gnats, as well as seeds of grass and weed* 



^iLt^r^ ^ ~* iS Saidi Z™ 3& that 



Chief Features.-A bird of lonely solitudes. Undergoes a change 



of pmmage m Winter (see below). The white characteff 



the^ourhT ^ If S6Veral ° f the l0cal names. Whe" in 



wittothers' ofTg ^^ "»* * ^^ fa mixed *** 



du ky^d theTn,? 6 hea l and the "PP er P arts nrottfed ™t 

 character £„ H 0ur l mtbl " 'after sex are not of such a pure 

 character. Length.— Sw inches and three-quarters. 



