338 BUNTING. 



66.— FERRUGINOUS BUNTING. 



Fringilla ferruginea, Ind. Om. i. 445. Gm. Lin. i. 921. Shaw's Zool. ix. 455. 

 Fringilla rufa, Fox-coloured Sparrow, Amer. Om. iii. pi. 22. f. 4. Bartr. Trav. p. 289. 

 Little Sparrow, Edio. pi. 354. 2. 

 Ferruginous Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 272. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 251. 



THIS is six inches long, and nine broad. General colour 

 ferruginous ; sides of the head, and under the eyes, cinereous white ; 

 back streaked with black ; chin white ; beneath the same in general, 

 but inclining to ferruginous on the breast, and thickly marked with 

 arrow-shaped streaks ; across the wings two white bars ; tail a trifle 

 forked, that and the coverts bright fox-colour; irides hazel. 



In the female the wings incline more to drab-colour, otherwise 

 like the male. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania, and other parts of North America ; comes 

 there about the 20th of October, in flocks of ten or twelve, sometimes 

 in company with the Snow Birds, but oftener by themselves; lives on 

 grass seeds, eggs of insects, &c. ; seen scraping on the ground among 

 dead leaves ; in general is very fat : it has the manners of the Red- 

 eyed Bunting, and is a tame bird. The only note like chep, chep. 

 This is compared with our Rusty Bunting, last described, to which it 

 most certainly has traits of resemblance. 



67— BLACK BUNTING. 



Emberiza hyemalis, Ind. Om. i. 399. Lin. i. 30S. Gm. Lin. i. 868. Shaw's Zool. 



ix. 367. 

 Hortulanus nivalis niger, Bris. iii. 289. C. Id. 8vo. i. 389. Klein, Ac. p. 89. No. 8. 

 Fringilla Hudsonias, Ph. Trans, lxii. 406. Gm. Lin. i. 926. Mill. III. t. 21. B. 

 L'Ortolan jacobin, Buf. iv. 335. 



Snow Bird, Cat. Car. i. pi. 36. Kalm. Voy. ii. 51. Amer. Om. ii. pi. 16. f. 6. 

 Black Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 166. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 223. 



SIZE of a Chaffinch; length six inches, breadth nine, weight 

 half an ounce. Bill reddish white; irides blue; head, neck, and all 



