SNOW BUNTING. 
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jj^here is a singular appearance in this bird, which 
I ^®*ve never seen taken notice of by former writers, 
long black feathers, whitih extend, by equal 
'ances beyond each other, above the eyebrow ; these 
III more pointed, and of a dirt'erent texture from 
I'est around them ; and the bird possesses the power 
df [Erecting them, so as to a|)pear as if horned, like some 
® Having kept one of tliese birds alive 
Some time, I was much amused at this odd ajtpear- 
think it might furnish a very suitable specific 
)Jw'‘llation, viz. alauda cornuta, or horned lark. These 
become scarcely perceivable after the bird is dead. 
1^ head is slightly (U'ested. 
j|i*^hore lark and 'sky lark are names by which this 
V'ics is usually knovr ii in different parts of the Union. 
are said to sing well, mounting in the air, in the 
id ''aer of the song lark of Europe ; but this is only 
countries where they breed. I have never 
V tr* of their nests being found within the territory 
he United States. 
GENUS 'X.XXl. — EMBEMIZA, LlNNases. 
SUBGENCS, rLBCTBOPHANIS, MEYEK. 
154. EMSEBIZA NirAElS, LINNaiUS AN» WIESOK. 
SNOW BUNTING. 
'riLSON, PLATE XXJ. PIC. 11.. — EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
T 
htip"'® being one of those birds common to both con- 
|>0l *'*^’*’ migrations extending almost from the very 
ltd distance of forty or fifty degrees around ; and 
kjij ’">ers and |ipculiarities having been long familiarly 
Wuc"'* hbe naturalists of Europe, I .shall in this 
ftu, * evail myself of the most interesting parts of their 
^subjoining such particulars as have fallen 
« o.,***y own observation. 
Uf I'ese birds,” says Mr Pennant, “ inhabit not only 
®®land,* but even the dreadful climate of Spitz- 
* CUANTZ, i, 77. 
