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TAWNY BUNTING. 



Class II. 



5. Tawny. Emberiza glacialis. E. nigra, 

 pennis flavo-fusco margiua- 

 tis, gula uropygioque flave- 

 scentibus, subtus alba fla\o 

 obscure maculata. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 3g8. id. Syn. iii. l64. 



Great pied Mountain Finch, or 

 Brambling. Wil. orti. 255. 



Emberiza mustelina. Gm. 

 Lin. 867. 



Raii Si/n. av. 88. 



L'Ortolan de Neige, Hortula- 

 nus nivalis. Brisson av. iii. 

 285. Hist, d'ois. iv. 329. 

 Pi Enl. 497- 



Schnee-ammer (Snow-ham- 

 mer). Frisc/i, i. 6. 



Tawny Bunting. Br. Zool. 

 ed. 4to. i. 278. Br. Zool. 

 lis. plate V. f. 6. Arct. 

 Zool. ii. 41. 



Emberiza nivalis. E. remigi- 

 bus albis, primoribus ex- 



Descrip- 

 TI.ON. 



trorsum nlgrls, rectricibus 



nigris, lateralibus tribus al- 

 bis. Lath. Ind. orn. 897. id. 



Syn. iii. iGl.id. Sup. i. 157- 

 Emberiza nivalis. Gm. Lin, 



866. 

 Snosparf. Faun. Suec. No. 



227. 

 Le Pingon de neige ou la nive- 



rolle. Brisson, iii. l62. 

 Cimhris, sneekok, vinter fugl. 



Norvegis. Sneefugl, Fialster, 



Brunnich, 245. 

 Avis ignota a Piperino missa. 



Gesner av. 7Q8. 

 Scopoli, No. 214. 

 Snow-bird, Edio. 126. Egede 



Greenl. 64. Marten s Spitz- 



lergen, 73. 

 Forster in Ph. Tr. vol. Ixii. 



p. 403. 

 Snow Bunting. Br. Zool. 4to. 



i. 279- 



Jl he weight of this bird is rather more than 

 an ounce; the length is six inches three quar- 

 ters ; the breadth tvvelve inches three quarters. 

 The bill is very short; yellow, except at the 

 point, which is black ; the crown of the head 

 is tawny, darkest near the forehead ; the whole 

 neck is of the same color, but jialer ; the throat 

 almost white ; the upper part of the breast is of 



