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FRINGILLIN^. EMBERIZA. 
the headj separated by two bands of bright chestnut-red^ the anterior 
part of which is black ; upper parts light greyish-brown^, longitudinal- 
ly streaked with dusky, the central part of each feather being of the 
latter colour, the hind part of the back and the rump without streaks ,* 
two faint bands of yellowish- white on the wings, formed by the tips 
of the first row of small coverts, and those of the secondary coverts, 
and a patch of the same formed by the bases of the outer primaries ; 
quills dusky brown, primaries margined with whitish, secondaries more 
broadly with light red ; tail darker, all the feathers except the middle, 
terminated by white, which, on the outer, occupies more than a third of 
its length, and extends nearly to the base of the outer web ; below the eye 
a white streak, cheeks bright chestnut, with an anterior black spot, un- 
der them a broad white band from the lower mandible, curving up- 
wards, separated from the throat, which is white, by a short line of 
black on each side ; lower parts white, the lower part of the neck 
greyish, the sides tinged with greyish- white. Female similar to the 
male, but with the head simply coloured like the back, and the sides 
streaked with brown. 
Male, 6i, 8|. 
Upper Missouri, and eastern declivities of the Rocky Mountains. 
Common, Migratory. 
Fringilla grammaca, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 47. 
Lark Finch, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 480. 
Lark Finch, Fringilla grammaca, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 17. 
159. 4. Emberiza graminea, Gmel. Grass or Bay-winged 
Bunting. 
Plate XC. Male. 
Second, third, and fourth quills longest, first and fourth nearly equal ; 
tail rather long, slightly emarginate. Upper parts light greyish- 
brown, streaked with dusky ; smaller wing coverts yellowish-red or 
bay ; quills and larger coverts dusky brown, margined with greyish- 
white ; two whitish bands on the wing, formed by the tips of the first 
row of small coverts, and the secondary coverts ; tail dusky brown, 
the greater part of the outer feather, and the terminal portion of the 
outer web of the next white ; a narrow circle of white round the eye ; 
lower parts dull white, the throat, fore part of neck, and sides streaked 
with dark brown. 
Male, 5 1, 10. 
From Texas to the Columbia River and Fur Countries. Breeds from 
Maryland eastward and northward. Resident in winter from Carolina 
southward and westward. Extremely abundant. 
Bay-winged Bunting, Emberiza graminea. Wins. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 51. 
Fringilla graminea, Bonap. Syn. p. 108. 
Fringilla (Zonotrichia) graminea. Bay-winged Finch, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. 
Amer. v. ii. p. 254. 
