TV//: i..\ri..(M> ; / /. 



... : 



that our Nut c.,uM with great litli.-ult\ m ; ,\ ihmuuh them. They wan ranning 



:ii... MI uith -i.-at a. in 11 \ ; ;,,! t!,,. >t . | > | lut ai.,| xamined were filled, not onl\ nh th.- r-iN 

 if thi> plant. I- IK uiih a minut- kin-l ,,f -!,.-!l tisli tli:ii :i.lheres to the leaves. In thin kind of 



a.|it:iti.- .-VMM..I, th.-\ an-, doul.ilitw, greatly assisted by the length of their hind heal and 

 .hws. I aUc, ,,),>,. r\.,i a f.-u ,,n Talil.- Uock, above ill.- Fall* of Niagara, seemingly in i 



>f tin- sunn- kinil of f<>;,|." 



Aa has ali-.-a.lv |:.-.-n n..ii,-,Hl, tin- 

 plumage of the Snow Hunting varies 

 irr--ail\ in its ciiloi -iiii;. jiassin^ 1 1 1 rough 

 f\i-iy iniairinal'l' U-i\\.-.-n tli 



\\int.-i- an.l -a miner dress. Tin- \\int. i 

 pluinap- of this lui-1 i- Liit-tly :i- I'ol- 



IOWB : The back and \uri of the wings 

 are dark black -brown, and the whole 

 of tiie remaining feathers are pun- 

 snowy-whit.-. In all cases the amount 

 of Mark is very variable, and in some 

 the i-ntin | kOB^t h M tw I 

 In tin- siiiniin-r, the color is a 

 tawny-brown, speckled with white, 

 and the back is black, mottled with 



< . , . 



brown. Tlie quill-feathers of the wing 



and tail are black, variegated with bay an<l whit.-, ami th.- iin-Ii-r urfac dull white, deepening 



into tawny on Die tlankfl. The length of the bird is about wv.-n inches. 



Besides the examples already given, there are vt-ry many otlwr ]>-<-ies of Bunting 

 scattered over the surface of the globe, whose history is equally int.-n-sting. but cannot be 

 given in a work of the present dimensions. The speciex. li< vliich )iav<- already been 



nii-iit ioned are good examples of the group, and will serve as types by which the character of 

 the sub-families may be kno'Mi. 



THE SNOW BUNTING (Pltctrojjhantt ninalU) is common to both hemispheres. The ent in- 

 Arctic circle is inhabited by flocks of this bird during the summer. 







W7MT1MO. 







Tire LAPLAND LONOSPUR, Smith's Bunting. ( Tiestaut-collared Bunting, McCowans, 

 closely allied species, with -imilar habit** anl l<-aliti>-. 



