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II. Emberiza. [2$. Nivalis. 308. 1. Greater 

 Bunting. tBrambling, Br. Zool. Snowbird 

 Snowflake, ibid. Snow-bunting. Faun. Am. Sept* 

 1 1. 



Severn River, N° 24 — 26. 



The bird, in fummer drefs, correfponds exactly 

 with the defcription of the greater brambling, 

 Br. Zool. The defcription of the fnowflake, 

 or the fame bird in winter drefs, ibid. vol. IV 

 p. 19. is fomewhat different, perhaps owing 

 to the different feafons the birds were caught 

 in, as it is well known they change their co- 

 lour gradually. They are the flrft of the mi- 

 gratory birds, which come in fpring to Severn 

 Settlement; in the year 1771 they appeared 

 April the 1 1 th, flayed about a month or fives 

 weeks, and then proceeded further northward 

 in order to breed there j they return in Sep- 

 tember, ft.ay till the cold grows fevere m 

 November, then retire fouthward to a warmer 

 climate. They live in flocks, feed on grafs- 

 feeds, and about the dunghills, are eafily 

 caught under a fmall net, fome oatmeal being 

 ftrewed under it to allure them 5 they are 

 very fat, and fine eating. The weight is 1 

 ounce and 5 drams, the length 6| inches, and 

 the breadth 10 inches. 



'Em briza. 26. Leucophrys. New Specks. White 



Crowned Bunting. 

 Severn Raver, N° 50. Albany Fort, 10. 



This elegant little fpecies of Bunting is called 



a hedge fparrow at Hudfon's Bay, and has 



F f f 2 not 



