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WHITE-THROATED BUNTING. 



Fringilla pennsylvanica. Lath. 



PLATE VIII. Vol. I. p. 42. 



Dr Richardson informs us that this species reaches the Saskatche- 

 wan in the middle of May, and spreads throughout the Fiu* Countries 

 up to the 66th parallel. On the 14th of June, he found a female sitting 

 on four eggs, at Cumberland House. The nest which was placed under 

 a fallen tree, was built of grass, lined with deer's hair and a few feathers. 

 Another found at Great Bear Lake was lined with the setae of Bryum. 

 The eggs were very pale mountain-green, thickly marbled with red- 

 dish-brown. When the female was disturbed, she made her escape by 

 running silently off, in a crouching manner, like a Lark. I met with 

 this species in Labrador, in considerable numbers, but did not find its 

 nest, although the young were seen late in July. 



When kept in an aviary, this bird, in the latter part of spring or 

 about May, sings at all hours of the night as joyously as when at li- 

 berty and breeding. It arrives from the north in South Carolina about 

 the first of November, and departs in the end of March. In that 

 State it is quite silent until the approach of night, when it chirps, as I 

 have described in my first volume. 



YELLOW-WINGED BUNTING. 



Fringilla passerina, Wilson. 



PLATE CXXX. Vol. II. p. 180. 



The appearance of this humble species on the shores of the Co- 

 lumbia River renders its geographical distribution as difficult of com- 

 prehension as that of some other species, which, like it, discard as it 

 were extensive tracts, and appear in distant regions for a season. 



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