l6i) Mr. Sei.by's Description of the Plectrophanes Lapponica. 



tings. Like the members of the first genus, they live entirely 

 upon the ground, and never perch : their mode of progression 

 is also the same, being by successive steps, and not the hopping 

 motion used by all the true Ernberizœ. A power of flight supe- 

 rior to that possessed by the true Buntings is also indicated by 

 the greater length of the wings and form of the quill-feathers. 

 Jn Plectrop/innes, the first and second quills are nearly equal in 

 length, and the longest in the wing: in Emhcriza, on the contrary, 

 the second and third are equal, and longer than the first. The 

 affinity of our genus to Emhcriza is shown in the form of the bill, 

 which, with the exception of being shorter and more rounded 

 on the back, possesses the characteristic distinctions of that 

 genus. 



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