446 MOUNTAIN BUNTING. Class II. 



ton, having frequent opportunity of examining 

 this species, proves it to be a distinct kind. 



According to Mr. Johnson, its bill is short, 

 thick, and strong ; black at the point, the rest 

 yellow. The forehead is of a dark chesnut ; 

 the hind part of the head and cheeks of a light- 

 er ; the hind part of the neck, and the back are 

 ash-colored ; the latter more spotted Avith black; 

 the throat is white ; the breast and belly waved 

 with flame color ; at the setting on of the wing, 

 grey ; the first five feathers of the wing are of a 

 blackish brown, the rest white with the point of 

 each dashed with brown ; the three outmost fea- 

 thers of the tail are white, the rest dark brown ; 

 the feet black ; the hind claw as long again as 

 any of the rest. The breast of the female is of a 

 darker color than that of the male. The spe- 

 cies, by the above-mentioned writer's account, 

 is found in Yorkshire and Northamptonshire. 



