58 Birds of Canada. 
grayish-white, spotted with brown. Its food is 
grass-seeds, berries, and insects. The Swamp 
~Sparrow has no song. Departs for the south 
about the tenth of October. 
Sub-Famtily PASSERELLINA.—The Luntings. 
Passerella itaca.—TVhe Fox-colored Sparrow. 
This sparrow is seven and a-half inches long. 
Head, neck, rump, and middle of the back, dull 
ash color ; each feather blotched with brownish- 
red ; the tail, bright rufous; the under parts of 
the breast, sides, and throat, spotted with rufous. 
Nests, under a low bush; eggs, four, or five, of a 
greenish color, with blotches of brown. 
Sub-Family SPIZIN A. 
Emberiza americana.—The Black-throated 
; Bunting. 
The Black-throated Bunting is a rare spring 
visitor. Length, six and a-half inches; sides of 
the head, and sides and back of the neck, ash ; 
middle of the heart, yellow ; under parts, white, 
with a black patch upon the throat. Breeds in 
Pennsylvania and Virginia. 
