bay-winged bunting. 
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’•'-''ipe of black passes from tlie posterior angle of the 
widening as it descends to the bind head: chin, 
*rhite; breast, sides of the neck, and upper parts of 
same, very pale ash ; back, streaked laterally with 
'**''k rusty brown and jiale bluish white ; n ings, dusky, 
*%ed broadly with brown ; the greater and lesser 
'^Verts tipt broadly witli white, forming two hand- 
?®>ne bands across the wing; tcrtials, black, edged nith 
"*'Own and white ; rump and tail-coverts, drab, tipt with 
? lighter tint; tail, long, rounded, dusky, and edged 
“‘‘oadly with drab; belly, white; vent, pale yellow 
?'^l>re; legs and feet, reddish brown; eye, reddish 
'“^el ; lon er eyelid, white. 
The female may easily be distinguished from the 
?''‘le, by the white on the head being less pure, the 
r^ek also less iu extent, and the ash on the breast 
'luikpr ; she is also smaller in size. 
There is a considerable resemblauce between this 
'*i’eeies and the white-throated sparrow. Yet they 
f^fely associate together; the latter remaining in the 
;''"’er parts of Pennsylvania in great numbers, until 
'he beginning of May, when they retire to the north 
?'"1 to" the high inland regions to breed; the I'ormer 
'’'habiting much more northern countries; and though 
to be common in Canada, rarely visiting this part 
"1^ the United States. 
162 . FEINGILLA GIIAMINEA, Gr'ELIN. 
^^BliRlZA GRAMINEAy WII.SON. — BAT-WINGED BUNTING. 
WILSON, PLATE XXXI. FIG. V. 
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The manners of this bird bear great affinity to those 
the common bunting of Britain. It delights in 
''®'|uenting grass and clover fields, perches on the tops 
the fences, singing, from the middle of April to the 
“"llinniuo- of July, vi’ith a cle.ar and pleasant note, m 
j’hich particular it far excels its European relation. 
's partially a bird of passage here, some leaving us, 
“"d others remaining with us during the winter. In 
