380 BLACK-THROATED BUNTING. 



Dr. Latham mentions a variety of this bird, 

 which is in length seven inches and a half: " beak 

 black ; forehead yellowish, passing over the eye 

 in a streak : between the beak and eye black, 

 passing beneath the eye, and ending in a patch 

 below the ear : above the forehead a black cres- 

 cent, the horns turning backwards : crown and 

 upper parts of the plumage brown : quills tipped 

 with white : tail-coverts reddish brown : the two 

 middle tail-feathers brown ; the three next on each 

 side black, edged with pale brown at the tip ; the 

 next white on the inner web ; and the outer one 

 white, both the outer web and tip : the throat is 

 yellow, with a triangular mark of black in the 

 middle : belly and vent blueish white : legs black." 



This bird often appears in small flocks, and 

 builds its nest on the ground, laying four or five 

 white eggs, spotted with black: it has no song, 

 but merely a chirp ; and is a native of Hudson's 

 Bay, where it is called Outatapaseu. 



