340 BUNTING. 



A.— Black-throated Bunting, Arct. Zoo/, iii. No. 228. pi. 17. Gen. Si/iu Sup. 158. 



Length seven inches ; breadth thirteen ; and weight from ten to 

 thirteen drachms troy. The bill and legs black ; forehead yellowish, 

 passing over the eye in a streak ; between the bill and eye black, 

 continuing under the eye, and ending in a patch below the ear : above 

 the forehead a black crescent, the horns turning upwards; crown, and 

 upper parts of the plumage brown; quills tipped with white; tail 

 coverts reddish brown ; the two middle tail feathers brown ; the three 

 next white on the outer webs ; the exterior one white, both the outer 

 web and tip; throat yellow, with a triangular black spot in the 

 middle ; belly and vent bluish white. 



Inhabits Hudson's Bay, there called Outatapaseu ; it breeds there, 

 making the nest on the ground, of fine dried grass, and lays four or 

 five white eggs, spotted with black, and a few irregular lines of the 

 same ; it frequently chirps, but is not found to have any other note, 

 it loses even this in August, and departs in September; seen now 

 and then, in small flocks, accompanying the Geese, and sometimes 

 with the Snow Buntings. 



69.— OLIVE BUNTING. 



Embeiiza olivaeea, Ind. Orn.i. 410. Lin.'i. 309. Gm.Lin.'i. S70. Shaw's Zool.'m.. 



p. 377. 

 Embeiiza Dominicensis, Bris. iii. 300. 1. 13. f. 5— male. Id. Svo. i. 302. 

 L'Olive, Buf.\v. 363. 

 Olive Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii; 195. 



LENGTH three inches and three quarters. Bill and legs grey 

 brown ; head and upper parts of the body olive green ; the throat 

 orange ; between the bill and eye a spot of yellow, reaching over 

 the eye ; fore part of the neck and part of the breast black ; the rest 

 of the under parts olive grey ; edge of the wing yellow ; the quills 

 brown, edged with olive green ; tail the same. 



