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EMBERIZA GRAMINEA— GMEL. 



BAY-WINGED BUNTING. 



Bay-winged Bunting, Emberiza graminea, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Fringilla graminea, Bonap. Syn. 



Fringilla (Zonotorichia) graminea, Bay-winged Finch, Sw. & Rich. 



Bay-winged or Grass Finch, Fringilla graminea, Nutt. Man. 



Grass Finch or Bay-winged Bunting, Fringilla graminea, Aud. Orn. Biog.. 



Specific Character — Lesser wing coverts bay ; tail dark brown, 

 the outer portion of the inner web of the outer feather white ; a 

 spot of the same color on the end of the next. Adult with the up- 

 per parts light grayish-brown, streaked with dusky ; lower parts 

 dull white ; fore part of the neck and sides of the body streaked 

 with dark brown, margined with grayish-white ; lesser wing cov- 

 erts bay, secondary and first row of small coverts tipped with dull 

 white ; tail dark brown, the larger portion of the outer feather 

 white, with a similar spot on the end of the next feather. Length 

 five inches and a half, wing three and one-eighth. 



The favorite resort of the Bay-winged Bunting is the grass- 

 fields ; sometimes it visits the ploughed fields in quest of insects — 

 or, perched on a stake along the road-side, breathes forth its sweet- 

 ly toned notes. The nest is placed on the ground, in which are 

 deposited four, and sometimes five grayish-white eggs, shaded with 

 reddish-brown. During the summer months it is abundant. A few 

 remain with us throughout the year, but the majority migrate 

 southward in autumn. 



