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rounded, the first and second primaries longest, the third scarcely shorter: 

 the secondaries long, but less so than in the Henslow Bunting, which belongs 

 to this group. Tail short, small, rounded, slightly emarginate, of twelve 

 narrow, tapering feathers. 



Bill flesh-coloured beneath, dusky above. Iris dark brown. Feet light 

 flesh-coloured. The general colour of the upper parts is light greyish-brown, 

 mixed on the neck with ash-grey tints, the central parts of the feathers 

 brownish-black, the margins of those of the back bright chestnut. The 

 upper part of the head brownish-black, with a longitudinal central line of 

 brownish-white. Secondary coverts dusky, margined with greyish-white; 

 along the flexure of the wing the small feathers are bright yellow, whence 

 the name of the species. Quills wood-brown, margined with pale yellow 

 ish-brown. Tail feathers of the same colour, the outermost much paler 

 The under parts pale yellowish-grey, the breast of a richer tint, being of a 

 light yellowish-brown, its sides anteriorly spotted with brownish-black. 



Length 4-L| inches, extent of wings 8; bill along the ridge -ff, along the 

 edge i; tarsus |, middle toe a little more than §-, hind toe jj. 



HENSLOW'S BUNTING. 



4-Embeeiza Henslowi, Jlud. 

 PLATE CLXIII.— Male. 



I obtained the bird represented in this plate opposite Cincinnati, in the 

 State of Kentucky, in the year 1820, whilst in the company of Mr. Robert 

 Best, then Curator of the Western Museum. It was on the ground, 

 amongst tall grass, and exhibited the usual habits of its tribe. Perceiving it 

 to be different from any which I had seen, I immediately shot it, and the 

 same day made an accurate drawing of it. 



In naming it after the Rev. Professor Henslow of Cambridge, a gentle- 

 man so well known to the scientific world, my object has been to manifest 

 my gratitude for the many kind attentions which he has shewn towards me. 



This species is abundant in the State of New Jersey, and breeds there; 

 but of this I was not aware until after my last journey to England, in the 

 spring of 1838, when my friend Dr. James Trudeau sent me a specimen 



