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wing coverts, and under parts are snow white ; the 

 back, prime quill feathers, middle tail feathers and 

 legs are black. 



In summer the head, neck, and under parts of the 

 body are marked with transverse waved lines of rust 

 colour. 



Plumage varies much according to the degree of 

 cold ; they arrive in large flocks in the North of 

 Scotland, in autumn. 



It is remarked they do not perch, but run along 

 the ground. 



The female breeds in Greenland, and deposits 5 

 reddish-white eggs, spotted with brown ; in a nest 

 formed of grass ; and lined with the down of the 

 arctic fox. 



2. GLACIALIS. TAWNY-BUNTING. 



E. nigra, pennis flavo-fusco marginatis, gula uropy- 

 gioque flavescentibus, sublus albaflavo obscura 

 maculata. Shaw. 



.; 



The bill is short, yellow, at the point black ; the 

 crown tawny ; the forehead chesnut ; the hind-neck, 

 and cheeks are the-same, but paler; the throat, sides 

 of the neck, and round the eyes are dirty white ; the 

 back and scapulars are black, edged with reddish 

 brown ; the quill feathers are dusky, edged with 

 white ; the secondaries white on the outer edge, the 

 greater coverts are tipped with white; the upper tail 



