TOWHE BUNTING. 
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’’'ingn and tail, bright ferruginous ; the primaries, dusky 
'''thin and at llie tips, the first and second row of 
j'>Verts, tipt with white ; breast and belly, white ; the 
'Ornier, as wcdl as the oar feathers, marked with large 
Hotches of bright hay, or reddish brown, and the 
I ®ginuing of the belly n ith little arrow-shaped spots of 
“lack ; the fail-coverts and tail are a bright fox colour; 
'W legs and feet, a dirty brownish white, or clay colour, 
aad very strong ; the bill is strong, dusky above and 
Wlow below I iris of the eye, hazel. The chief diff'er- 
“"Ce in the female is, that the wings are not of so bright 
liay, inclining more to a drab ; yet this is scarcely 
^Servable, unless by a comparison of the two together, 
flicy are generally very fat, live on grass seeds, eggs 
insects, and gravel. 
179. FlilA'aiLLA ERTTHBOrnTHALilA, l.INNJEBS. 
^^BERI7aA ERYTHROPIITHALJUAj WILSON.— TOWHE BUNTING. 
WILSON, PLATE X. FIG. V. 
This is a very common, but humble and inoffensive 
^P^cies, fre([ueiiting close sheltered thickets, where it 
“pends most of its time in scratching up the leaves for 
^nrins, and for the larvae and eggs of insects. It is far 
**'nra bein<r shy, frequently sull'ering a person to walk 
Nnud thelaush or thicket where it is at work, without 
“etuayinn- any marks of aliirm, and when disturbed, 
'**teriiio-'’the notes tow-M repeatedly. At times the 
mounts to the top of a small tree, and chants his 
*“'v simple notes for an hour at a time. These are loud, 
?'*tunmusical,something resembling those oftheycllow- 
vj^'mer of Britain, but more mellow, and more varied. 
is fond of thickets with a southern e.vposure, near 
j^fcams of w'ater, and where there is plenty of dry 
; and is found, generally, over the whole United 
o*^tes. He is not gregarious, and you seldom see more 
•j'aii two too'ether. About the middle or ‘20th of April, 
.!*®y arrive in Pennsylvania, and begin building about 
‘‘e first week in May. The nest is fixed on the ground 
