436 BUNTING. Class II. 



The throat, breast, sides, and belly are of a 

 yellowish white ; the head and upper part of the 

 body of a pale brown, tinged with olive; each 

 of which (except the belly) are marked with 

 oblong black spots ; towards the rump the 

 spots grow fainter. The quil feathers are dusky, 

 their exterior edges of a pale yellow. The 

 tail is a little forked, of a dusky hue, edged 

 with white ; the legs are of a pale yellow. 



This bird resides with us the whole year, and 

 durino; winter collects in flocks. 



I received in Koveniber, 1787, a Bunting 

 with a white head and tail ; the head elegantly 

 tinged with yellow ; the back white and brown; 

 the coverts of the wings the same, but on both 

 the white predominated ; the breast had all the 

 usual marks of the Bunting. 



