Crass II. MOUNTAIN BUNTING. 
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Leffer Mountain-finch, or Morton Northampt. 423. tab. 123. Moun- 
Brambling. Wil. orn. 255. 13. fig. 3. Br. Zool. 113. 
TAIN. 
E are obliged to borrow the following de- Descrir. 
{cription from the account of Mr. Fobufon 
tranfmitted to Mr. Ray; having never feen the 
bird. Mr. Ray fufpeéted that it was only a variety 
of the former, but Mr. Morton, having frequent 
Opportunity of examining this fpecies, proves it to 
be a diftin@ kind. 
According to Mr. Fohbn/on, its billis fhort, thick, 
and ftrong; black at the point, the reft yellow. 
The forehead is of a dark cheftnut; the hind part 
of the head and cheeks of a lighter; the hind part 
of the neck, and the back are afh-colored; the 
latter more {potted with black; the throat is white: 
the breaft and belly waved with flame color; at the 
fetting on of the wing grey; the five firft feathers 
are of a blackifh brown, the reft white with the 
point of each dafhed with brown: the three out- 
moft feathers of the tail are white; the reft dark 
brown; the feet black; the hind claw as long 
again as any of the reft. The breaft of the female 
is of a darker color than that of the male. The 
fpecies, by the above-mentioned writer’s account, 
is found in Yorkfhire and Northamptonfbire. 
Z. 2 BILL 
