52 PAINTED LARK-BUNTING. 



not apparent. Female with the upper parts reddish-grey, spotted with 

 black; a greyish-white band over the eye; the cheeks greyish-brown; lower 

 parts greyish-white, the sides streaked with dusky. 

 Male, 6% wing, 3±%. 



PAINTED LARK-BUNTING. 



Plectrophanes pictus, Sivains. 



PLATE CLIIL— Male. 



This handsome species was discovered by Dr. Richardson in April 1827, 

 on the banks of the Saskatchewan river, associated with the Lapland Long- 

 spur. Only one specimen was procured at Carlton House, which has been 

 figured by Mr. Swainson in the Fauna Boreali-Americana. My own figure 

 of this species was drawn from the same specimen, which was kindly lent 

 to me for that purpose by the Council of the Zoological Society. That the 

 Painted Bunting at times retires far southward, probably accompanying the 

 Lapland Longspur, is a fact for which I can vouch, having seen one on the 

 shores of the Mississippi in December 1S20, which however I missed on 

 wing after having viewed it about two minutes, as it lay flat on the ground. 



Emberiza (Plectrophanes) picta, Painted Bunting, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. 



vol. ii. p. 250. 

 Painted Bunting, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 589. 

 Painted Bunting, Emberiza picta, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 91. 



Adult Male. 



Bill short, conical, stout, compressed toward the end, acuminate; its out- 

 lines straight, the lower mandible a little narrower than the upper at the 

 base; the gap-line straight, slightly deflected at the base. Nostrils basal, 

 rounded, partly concealed by the feathers. 



Head of moderate size, ovate; neck short, body compact. Feet of ordi- 

 nary length; tarsus compressed, anteriorly covered with seven large scutella, 

 sharp behind; toes of moderate size; the lateral toes equal, the hind toe 

 stout; claws long, slightly arched, laterally grooved, compressed, very acute, 

 that of the hind toe much elongated. 



