520 XOKTII AMKl:irAN hlKhS. 



The o^^^'s, fivr* in nuniln'r, liavc a li^lit ('l:jy-<'ulnn»«l i^roniul, aro niail\C<l 

 witli (ihsiiiic lil«»irli('s of lavciulcr ainl darker liiu-s, dots, ami Motclies of 

 (lark [nirplisli-U'own. They lueasiiru .Hi) by .03 ol an inch. 



Flectrophanes ornatus, Towns. 



CHESTNTJT-COLLABED BUNTING ; BLACK-BELUED L0N08FTTK. 



Phclt:>ith>i,i Hnnnitiis, To\vNsKM», .1. Ar. Nat. S< . VII, 1>:57, 1^S». — In. Nnrrativf, l,s:j'.>, 344. 

 — Aim. Syii. lii;{lt, !••». In. IJii.ls Am. Ill, L^41, WS, pi. tliv. — Niir. .Man. I, fJd 

 i'd.J lt<4<», '»:57. — IVmi;i», Hinls N. Am. 1S.'|8, 43.'*. Kmliirizn onmfit, A«i>. Oiii. Uio^. 

 V, l^.'il^ 44. pi. ('(•'•\,iv, 1. 1. Ci iitrophnncH orantus, Cvu.v.sis, Miw. Htin. 1>51, TiZ. 



pp. Thau. P»il] «1ark |)liiiiil»«'oiis. yfule. Crown, a narrow fioscnit oji tlic side of the 

 IksmI. with a liin- iiniuinir iiiio if tVom hcliiutl tlic* eye, fiitirt? Wreast an<l uppiT part of 

 liclly all i-oinid, Itlatk ; throat ami siilrs of tin' hcail, lower part of helly and nndcr tail- 

 roverts, w ith hascs of \\\o tail-feathers, white. Tlie white on the tail-featheis run.'^ for- 

 ward a.< an aente point. A ehestnnt l»an<l on the hack of the neek e.xtendinL' ronnd on 

 the .^ide.'J. Ri'.<t of npi)er part.-^ <:rayish-liiown, streaki-d with darkei-. Middlt.' eovort--^ 

 witli a white pate'i. Lesser wini;-eov»'rts like tlu; l»a<'k. Le^^'s dii.sky, bill l)lue, tlarker at 

 tip. Leiiirth ahout .'). 'J.') inches ; w ini;. .'{.'JO ; tail. 2..'?() ; tarsus. .7'). 



luiiKilp laekinj; the hlaek and ehestinit colors; the Mack ol" the breast indicated by 

 dusky streak.< and a line of streak."* each side t)l"the throat. ' ■" 



II.M!. IMains of the L'ppcr Missouri. San Antonio, Te.\a.s spring (Dresser, Ibis, I8G0, 

 4S(;). 



H.\RiTs. Tliis species was fii-st disoovoretl by Mr. Townsend, wlio pro- 

 cured a single sj)ecinien, a male, on the Upp«'r Mis.souri Iiiver. He describes 

 it as by no means a common bird, keeping in pairs and living exclusively on 

 the ground. It was renjarkably shy, and Mr. Town.send was not able to pro- 

 cure more tlian a single s})ecimen. 



Mr. Nut tall .states that he met with this hird earlv in May, on the wide 

 grassy plains of the Platte. Tlte birds were already paired for the season. 

 He heard them utter no notes other than a chirp, as they kept busily foraging 

 for tlieir sul»si.stence. 



^Ir. J. A. Allen (Ameri'^an Naturalist, ^lay, 1872) speaks of this bird and 

 the Lark Hunting as by far the most interesting species seen by him in 

 "Western Kansas. Tiiey were not onlv characteristic of tlie region, but were 

 also among the few birds strictly cunlined to tlie arid plains. They were 

 (piite abundant, but were only met with on the higli ridges and dry jdateaus, 

 M'here they seemed to live sontewliat in colonies. At a few localities they 

 were always numerous, but else\vln*re would be fre([uently not met with in 

 a whole (lav's drive. Thev were verv warv and tenacious of life, ofteti flying 

 a long distance after having been sliot through vital parts. Most of the 

 specimens had to l)e killed on the wing, at a long range. They are strong 

 fliei*s, ami seem to didight in flying in the strongest gales, when all the other 

 hirds a])])ear to move with difficulty, and to keep themselves concealed among 

 the grass. Tliis bird sings while on the wing. 



