CHESTNUT-COLLARED LARK BUNTING. 46 



Plectrophanes ornata, Chestnut-collared Finch, Toimsend, Journal of Acad, 

 of Nat. Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. vii. p. 189. 



Adult Male in spring. Plate CCCXCIV. Fig. 1. 



Bill short, conical, pointed ; upper mandible with the dorsal line al- 

 most straight, the sides convex, the edges a little inflected, the tip 

 slightly declinate ; lower mandible with the angle short and rounded, 

 the dorsal line ascending and very slightly convex, the edges inflected, 

 the tip acute ; the gape-line ascends a short way at first, and is after- 

 wards nearly straight, and there is a small narrow prominence on the 

 palate. 



Head of moderate size, ovate ; neck short ; body full. Feet of mo- 

 derate size ; tarsus compressed, covered anteriorly with seven scutella, 

 behind with two longitudinal plates meeting so as to form a very thin 

 edge ; hind toe stout, lateral toes nearly equal ; claws long, slender, 

 compressed, little curved, that of the hind toe elongated. 



Plumage soft, full, blended, on the back somewhat compact. Wings 

 rather long and pointed, the first quill longest ; tail rather long, nearly 

 even. 



Bill yellow, with the tips dusky. Feet and claws yellowish flesh- 

 colour. The upper part of the head, a streak and some spots behind 

 the ear, and the breast, black ; a broad band over the eye, the throat 

 and sides of the neck, the abdomen, lower tail-coverts, and three late- 

 ral tail-feathers white, the latter edged externally with dusky. There 

 is a broad transverse band of yellowish-red on the hind neck ; the up- 

 per parts are yellowish-grey, the feathers dusky in the centre ; the quills 

 and larger coverts dusky with yellowish-grey margins, as are the four 

 middle tail-feathers. 



Length to end of tail 5i inches ; bill along the ridge A ; wing from 

 flexure Si% ; tail 1 tI ; tarsus {^ ; hind toe i|, its claw j%. 



