Class IL CIRL BUNTING. 439 



quarter ; bill cinereous brown ; the head olive- 

 green, with a dusky line down the shaft of 

 each feather; side of the head yellow, with a 

 dash of black between the bill and eye, and 

 some markings of black on the ears ;• the chin 

 is also black, passing a little backwards; the 

 hind part of the neck, back, and rump, brown; 

 the feathers dusky in the middle ; the under 

 parts from the chin are yellow ; the breast in- 

 clining to brown, and a few dusky streaks on 

 the sides of the body ; across the throat a yel- 

 low band; the tail is brown, edged with grey, 

 the outer feather with white; and has also a 

 spot of white on the inner web for half the 

 length; the outermost but one has also a 

 spot of white on the same place, but of a much 

 smaller size ; the shape a little forked ; the legs 

 yellowish. 



The female is not unlike the male on the up- 

 per parts ; the under are yellow streaked with 

 dusky and inclining to white at the chin and 

 vent: in some the breast inclines to green.*' 

 Efc.] 



