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of the head and ear- coverts brown, mottled with dark brown 

 and buff; the lores, vertical streak, superciliary stripe and 

 nuchal patch ochreous-white ; the bay collar narrower and 

 duller than in the male, and the warmer tints of the whole 

 plumage fainter except on the rump, where the bay is as 

 bright as in the other sex. 



The young in autumn greatly resemble those of the Reed- 

 Bunting at the same season, but the tone of plumage 

 generally is yellower, the nuchal spot is distinct, and the bay 

 of the collar, sides of the body and the rump, even when 

 partly concealed by the ochreous borders of the feathers, 

 can always be detected. 



The nestling plumage resembles that of the old hen in 

 the breeding- season, but the reddish tints are less bright 

 above and entirely wanting beneath, while the whole of the 

 lower parts from the chin to the vent is thickly streaked or 

 spotted with dull black. 



The specimen in full summer- plumage here described is 

 in the Strickland Collection of the University of Cambridge. 

 The other examples were kindly lent to the Editor by Mr. 

 Dresser. 



VOL. II. 



