TOWHE BUNTING. 
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The Towhe Bunting is eight inches and a half long, and 
eleven broad; above black, which also descends rounding on 
the breast, the sides of which are bright bay, spreading along 
under the wings; the belly is white, the vent pale rufous; a spot 
of white marks the wing just below the coverts, and another a 
little below that extends obliquely across the primaries; the tail 
is long, nearly even at the end; the three exterior feathers white 
for an inch or so from the tips, the outer one wholly white, the 
middle ones black; the bill is black; the legs and feet a dirty 
flesh colour, and strong for scratching up the ground. The fe- 
male difiers in being of a light reddish brown in those parts 
where the male is black; and in- having the bill more of a light 
horn colour. 
