TOWHE BUNTING. 157 



The Towhe Bunting is eight inches and a half long, and 

 eleven broad; above black, which also descends rounding on 

 the breast, the sides of which are bright bay, spreading along 

 under the wings; the belly is white, the vent pale rufous; a spot 

 of white marks the wing just below the coverts, and another a 

 little below that extends obliquely across the primaries; the tail 

 is long, nearly even at the end; the three exterior feathers white 

 for an inch or so from the tips, the outer one wholly white, the 

 middle ones black; the bill is black; the legs and feet a dirty 

 flesh colour, and strong for scratching up the ground. The fe- 

 male differs in being of a light reddish brown in those parts 

 where the male is black; and in having the bill more of alight 

 horn colour. 



