WOODLAND BIRDS. 



51 



No. 52, 



SNOW BUNTING. 



Genus: Plectrophenax. 



Species: P. nivalis. 



Distribution: 



A regular winter visitx^r to New England. 



Date of Arrival: 

 November. 



Date of Departure: 

 March. 



General Plumage: 



Breeding plumage white marked with black, bill black. In 

 winter, brown and white, bill brown. Wings and tail black 

 marked with white, feet black. Length about 7.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A plain song and a clear whistle, and a ^' whirr '' uttered 

 often on the wing. 



Haunts: 



Alono; the coast and about the sere fields. 



