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TAWNY BUNTING. Class IL 



5. Tawny. Emberiza glacialis. E. nigra, 

 pennis flavo-fusco margina- 

 tis, gula uropygioque flave- 

 scentibus, subtus alba flavo 

 obscure maculata. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 398. id. Syn. iii. 164. 



Great pied Mountain Finch, or 

 Brambling. Wil. orn. 255. 



Emberiza mustelina. Gm. 

 Lin. 867. 



Raii Syn. av. 88. 



L'Ortolan de Neige, Hortula- 

 nus nivalis. Brisson av. iii. 

 285. Hist. oVois. iv. 329. 

 PL Enl. 497. 



Schnee-ammer (Snow-ham- 

 mer). Frisck, i. 6. 



Tawny Bunting. Br. Zool. 

 ed. 4to. i. 278. Br. Zool. 

 112. plate v. f. 6. Arct. 

 Zool ii. 41. 



Emberiza nivalis. E. remigi- 

 bus albis, primoribus ex- 



trorsum nigris, rectricibus 



nigris, lateralibus tribus al- 

 bis. Lath. Ind. orn. 397. id. 



Syn. iii. l6l . id. Sup. i. 157. 

 Emberiza nivalis. Gm. Lin. 



866. 

 Snosparf.* Faun. Suec. No, 



227- 

 Le Pincon de neige ou la nive- 



rolle. Brisson, iii. 162. 

 Cimhris, sneekok, vinter fugl. 



Norvegis. Sneefugl, Fialster> 



Brunnich, 245. 

 Avis ignota a Piperino missa. 



Gesner av. 798. 

 Scopoli, No. 214. 

 Snow-bird, Edw. 126. Egede 



Greenl. 64. Martens Spitz- 



lergen, 73. 

 Forster in Ph. Tr. vol. lxii. 



p. 403. 

 Snow Bunting. Br. Zool. 4to. 



i. 279- 



Descrip- Jl HE weight of this bird is rather more than 

 an ounce ; the length is six inches three quar- 

 ters ; the breadth twelve inches three quarters. 

 The bill is very short; yellow, except at the 

 point, which is black ; the crown of the head 

 is tawny, darkest near the forehead ; the whole 

 neck is ot the same color, but paler ; the throat 

 almost white ; the upper part of the breast is of 



