BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 705 
Nest, found in Roxbury, on a low tree. Eggs, four, green, spotted with 
olack, elongated. ; 
Fringilla purpurea, Bonap. Syn. p. 114. Rich. & Swain, ii. 264. Aud. i. 24; v. 200 ; 
plate 4. — Erythrospiza purpurea, Aud. Syn. p. 125. 
189. Fringilla frontalis, Say.— Crimson-fronted Finch. 
Forehead, and band over err crimson ; throat, breast, sides, and rump, 
carmine ; upper parts, grayish brown, tinged with crimson; lower parts, 
» yellowish white. Male, G4. Habitat, Rocky Mountains. 
Pyrrhula frontalis, Bonap. Orn. i. 1. Mutt. i. 534, — Fringilla frontalis, 4ud. v. 230 ; 
plate 424. — Erythrospiza frontalis, Aud. Syn. p. 125. 
190. Fringilla tephrocotis, Swain. — Gray-crowned Finch. 
Plumage, umber brown; head, ash gray, spotted with black; wing- 
coverts, rump, and sides, tinged with rose red. Male,6. Habitat, Sas- 
kKatchewan River. 
Fringilla tephrocotis, 4ud. v. 232; plate 424. —Erythrospiza tephrocotis, Aud. Syn. 
p. 126. 
GENUS II.— EMBERIZA, Linn. —BUNTING. | 
191. Emberiza Americana, Gmel.— Black-throated Bunting, Wil- 
son, p. 36. 
Emberiza Americana, Aud. iv. 599; plate 384; Syn. p. 101, — Fringilla Americana, 
Bonap. Syn. p. 107. Nutt. i. 461 
192, Emberiza Townsendii, 4ud.— Townsend’s Bunting. 
_ Head, cheeks, neck,’ breast, and sides, deep bluish gray ; head, streaked 
with black; back, yellowish brown,. streaked with dusky; rump, yel- 
lowish gray ; line over eye, white; throat, white, with two black bands; 
abdomen, grayish white. Male, 5%, 9. Habitat, Pennsylvania; only one 
ever found. 
Emberiza Townsendii, @ud. ii. 183 ; v. 90; plate 400; Syn. p. 101. 
193. Emberiza grammaca, Sey.— Lark Bunting. 
Male, three bands of white on head, with two of chestnut between; 
upper parts, light grayish brown, streaked with dusky except on back and 
rump; two yellowish white bands on wings; tail, except middle feather, 
tipped with white; white streak beneath eye; cheeks, chestnut, with 
anterior black spot, under them a broad white band; lower parts, white. 
Female, head, like back ; sides, streaked with brown. Male, 64,84. Ha- 
bitat, Upper Missouri. 
Fringilla grammaca, Bonap. Orn. i. 47. Nutt. i. 480. Aud. v.17; plate 390.— 
Emberiza grammaca, Aud. Syn. p, 101. a 
194, Emberiza Savanna, Bonap.—Savannah Sparrow, Wilson, pp. 
224 and 313. 
Fringilla Savanna, Bonap. Syn. p.109. Nuit. i. 489. Aud. ii.63; v. 516; plate 
109. — Emberiza Savanna, Aud. Syn. p. 103. 
195. Emberiza pallida, Swain. — Clay-colored Bunting. 
Upper parts, light yellowish brown, streaked with brownish black ; 
brownish white band over eye; cheeks, pale brown; sides of neck, very 
light buff; lower parts, grayish white. Male, 54. Habitat, Missouri 
Plains and Fur Countries. ; 
Emberiza pallida, Rich. & Swain, ii. 251. Aud. v. 66; plate 398; Syn. p. 103. 
