498 HENSLOW'S BUNTING. 



Thus some of this species, on their way from their unknown winter abode 

 northward, pass toward the middle and eastern districts of our Atlantic 

 coast, while others diverge to reach the Oregon section, in which this 

 bird has been found by Dr Townsend, passing over our Southern 

 States without being observed, although, when proceeding toward the 

 Texas in April 1837, I found them abundant on their way eastward. 



In a male preserved in spirits, the palate is ascending, and its ridges 

 form a soft prominence at their junction anteriorly ; on the fore part 

 are three narrow ridges, forming a large oblong hard knob at their 

 base, in which respect this bird is obviously of the family of Buntings. 

 The tongue is 4^ twelfths long, deeper than broad, grooved above to- 

 ward the end, which is horny and pointed. The width of the mouth is 

 3^ twelfths. (Esophagus 1 inch 8 twelfths in length, its greatest width 

 3^ twelfths, it being considerably dilated on the neck. Stomach ra- 

 ther small, elliptical, oblique, 6 twelfths in length, 5 twelfths in breadth, 

 muscular, and of the usual structm-e. It contains insects, seeds, and 

 quartz. Intestine 5 inches long, from 1^ twelfth to 1 twelfth wide ; 

 coeca 1^ twelfth long, ^ twelfth broad, 7 twelfths distant from the ex- 

 tremity. 



Trachea 1 inch 2 twelfths long, from nearly 1 twelfth to ^ twelfth 

 wide, its rings 55 ; inferior laryngeal muscles very large. Bronchi very 

 slender, of about 12 rings. 



HENSLOW'S BUNTING. 



Emberiza Henslowii. 



PLATE LXX. Vol. I. p. 360. 



This species is abundant in the State of New Jersey, and breeds 

 there ; but of this I was not aware until after my last return to Eng- 

 land, in the spruig of 1838, when my friend Dr James Trudeau sent 

 me a specimen procured by himself while in company with our mutual 

 friend Edward Harris, Esq. This specimen is the finest I have seen, 

 although Dr Bachman and myself have procured a great number in 



