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BAY- WINGED BUNTING 



tail sub-cuneiform, the outer feather white on the exterior edge, and 

 tipt with white, the next tipt and edged for half an inch with the 

 same, the rest dusky, edged with pale brown ; bill dark brown 

 above, paler below ; round the eye is a narrow circle of white; up- 

 per part of the breast yellowish white, thickly streaked with pointed 

 spots of black that pass along the sides ; belly and vent white ; legs 

 and feet flesh colored; third wing feather from the body nearly as 

 long as the tip of the wing when shut. 



I can perceive little or no difference between the colors and 

 markings of the male and female. 



