TAWNY BUNTING. Cuass Il. 
almoft white: the upper part of the breaft is of 
a dull yellow ; the breaft and whole under part of — 
the body white, dafhed with a yellowifh tinge. ~ 
The back and fcapular feathers are black, edged 
with a pale reddifh brown: the rump and covert 
feathers of the tail are white on their lower half; 
on their upper, yellow. 
The tail confifts of twelve feathers, and is a 
little forked: the three exterior feathers are white : 
the two outmoft marked with a dufky fpot on the 
exterior fide; the third is marked with the fame 
color on both fides the tip: the reft of the tail fea- 
thers are entirely dufky. The wings, when clofed, 
reach about the middle of the tail: the color, 
of as much of the fix firft quil-feathers as ap- 
pears in view, is dufky, flightly tipt with a red- 
difh white: their lower part on both fides white : 
in the feven fucceeding feathers the dufky color 
eradually gives place to the white; which in the 
feventh of thefe pofiefies the whole feather, except 
a {mall fpot on the exterior upper fide of each; 
the two next are wholly white: the reft of the 
quil-feathers and the fcapular feathers are black, 
edged with a pale red: the baftard wing, and the 
outmoft fecondary feathers are of the fame color 
_ with the quil-feathers: the reft of them, together 
with the coverts, are entirely white, forming one 
large bed of white. The legs, feet and claws are ~ 
black: the hind toe is very long, like that of a 
Jark, but not fo ftrait. | 
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