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the crown a white stripe, which does not quite reach the bill ; on 

 each side of this, one of black ; over the eyes a line of white, which 

 passes to the vertical stripe behind ; neck cinereous, palest on the 

 breast ; back ferruginous brown ; rump cinereous brown, the feathers 

 edged with cinereous ; wings brown ; the outer edge of the prime 

 quills very pale ; within cinereous ; across the wings two white 

 bands; bastard wing white; breast ash-colour; vent and thighs 

 yellow ; tail rather long, a trifle rounded, brown. The female is 

 like the male, but somewhat smaller. 



Inhabits Canada, and visits Severn Settlement in June ; seen at 

 Albany Fort in May, where it stays the summer, and departs in Sep- 

 tember ; makes the nest at the bottom of willows, and lays three 

 chocolate-coloured eggs J the chief food is grass seeds, worms, grubs, 

 &c. Called at Hudson's Bay Cusabata shish : said to have a melo- 

 dious song, when perched, but in flight, silent. Is rarely seen in the 

 United States. At first sight resembles the White-throated Finch. 



75,-CINEREOUS BUNTING. 



Emberiza einerea, Ind. Orn. i. 415. Gm. Lin. i. 876. Shaw's Zool. ix. 401. 



Canadensis, Bris. iii. 296. t. 14. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 391. 



Le Cul-rousset, Buf. iv. 368. 



Cinereous Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 204. Id. Sup. 159. Arct. Zool. ii. 233. 



SIZE of the Yellow Bunting. Bill and legs pale brown ; upper 

 parts of the head chestnut, with a dash of brown down the middle of 

 each feather; the rest of the parts the same, but more inclined to 

 grey ; rump wholly so ; upper and under tail coverts rufous white; 

 under parts of the body dirty white, marked with chestnut spots ; 

 quills and tail brown, edged with reddish grey. The female is more 

 inclined to grey. 



Inhabits America ; comes from the north to New York in March, 

 and frequents the bottoms of the red cedars ; seldom seen above one 

 foot from the ground. 



