44. 
WHITE- 
CROWNED B. 
Descrirrion. 
FEMALE. 
PLAacee 
45: 
WREATHED B. 
DeEscRiIPTION. 
Bo UM ING Re dvi NU Ge 
Emberiza leucophrys, Phil. Traxf. vol. \xii, ps 403. 
White-crowned Bunting, 4r&. Zool. 
SIZE of a Chaffinch: length feven inches and a quarter: 
weight three quarters of an ounce. Bill flefh-colour: on the 
crown a white ftripe, which does not quite reach the bill: on 
each fide of this is a ftripe of black: over the eyes a line of 
white, which paffes to the vertical {tripe behind: neck cine- 
reous, paleft on the breaft: back ferruginous brown: rump ci- 
nereous brown: the feathers edged with cinereous: wings 
brown ; the outer edge of the prime quills very pale; the infides 
cinereous: acrofs the wings two bands of white: the baftard 
wing white: the under parts are white: the breaft ath-colour: 
vent and thighs yellow: tail brown, even at the end: legs flefh- 
colour. 
The female is like the male. 
This fpecies inhabits Canada, and vifits Severn Settlement in 
Fune: it is alfo met with at A/bany Fort in May; where it ftays 
the fummer, and departs in September. It makes the neft in the 
bottom of willows, and lays three chocolate-coloured eggs: the 
chief food is feeds of gra/s, worms, grubs, &c. 
Emberiza luctuofa, Scop. ann. i. N° 215. 
S! ZE of the greater Titmoufe. Bill black: a white line be- 
gins at the forehead, and goes on to the nape, where it ends: 
in the middle of each wing is a white fpot: the forehead, brealt, 
belly, rump, and vent, are alfo white: the reft of the bird 
is black. 
This 
