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INSESSORES. 



The plumage of the Snow Bunting varies so much 

 with age, climate, and other circumstances, that it ia 

 aim )st impossible in the same flock to procure more 



than a few specimens 

 whose markings and 

 colors are precisely 

 similar. They are for 

 the most part white, 

 with various inter- 

 mixtures of fawn 

 color and black upon 

 the head, back,shoul- 

 dcrs,and wings. Some 

 specimens are pure 

 white, others white 

 and black only, while 

 in some the fawn col- 

 or predominates. 

 Snow BUT) ting. \Yq must not gon- 



found the Snow Bunting with our familiar and wel- 

 come little winter visitant, the Snow Bird. Although 

 both belong to the same family, they differ greatly in 

 their size, appearance, and manners, the latter being 

 fully one-third smaller. The predominating color of 

 its plumage is a deep leaden brown, with white on 

 the breast and sides, and two white feathers on each 

 Bide of the tail. This little bird comes to us just as 

 the ground is being strewn with the autumn leaves, 

 and, continuing during the severest winters, leaves 

 us again for the north early in the Spring. It is a 

 sprightly and active as well as a social and confiding 



