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Plumage soft and blended, the feathers somewhat distinct on the back and 

 wings. Wing long, pointed, the second quill longest, the first nearly equal; 

 the second, third, and fourth primaries attenuated on the outer web toward 

 the end. Tail rather long, deeply emarginate. 



Bill dusky, lower mandible yellow toward the base. Feet and claws 

 reddish-brown. The upper part and sides of the head are deep black, with 

 three bands of white on each side, one extending from the base of the upper 

 mandible, over the eye, and along the side of the neck; another passing 

 under the eye and over the ear; the third bordering the throat. There is 

 also a brownish-white patch on the nape. A band across the hind neck and 

 fore part of the back and all the lower parts buffy-orange. The feathers on 

 the upper parts of the body blackish-brown, edged with light brown; the 

 quills and their coverts brownish-black, edged with pale brownish-red; the 

 first row of large coverts black, margined with white, the next two rows 

 white, the rest of the small coverts brownish-black. The tail-feathers are 

 brownish-black, margined with pale greyish-brown, excepting the two outer 

 on each side, which are white, margined externally towards the tips and 

 along the inner webs with brown. 



Length to end of tail 6 T 2 2 inches; bill along the ridge -f-f; wing from 

 flexure 3|-; tail 2\; tarsus yf; hind toe -ff, its claw T 6 2 ; middle toe T 7 2, its 

 claw Y2. 



CHESTNUT-COLLARED LARK-BUNTING. 



^-Plectrophanes ornatus, Towns. 



PLATE CLIV.— Male. 



Mr. Townsend procured a single male of this new species, respecting 

 which he has sent me the following notice. "It is by no means a common 

 bird; keeps in pairs, and appears to live exclusively upon the ground; is 

 remarkably shy, and although I saw the female several times, I was unable 

 to procure it." 



Plectkophanes ornata, Chestnut-collared Lark-Finch, Towns., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc. 



Philadelphia, vol. vii. p. 189. 

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