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PAINTED LARK-BUNTING. 
not apparent. Female with the upper parts reddish-grey, spotted with 
black; a greyish-white band over the eye; the cheeks greyish-brown; lower 
parts greyish-white, the sides streaked with dusky. 
Male, 6f; wing, 3ff. 
PAINTED LARK-BUNTING. 
Plectrophanes pictus, Swains. 
PLATE CLIII.— Male. 
This handsome species was discovered by Dr. Richardson in April, 1827, 
on the banks of the Saskatchewan river, associated with the Lapland Long- 
spur. Only one specimen was procured at Carlton House, which has been 
figured by Mr. Swainson in the Fauna Boreali-Americana. My own figure 
of this species was drawn from the same specimen, which was kindly lent 
,to me for that purpose by the Council of the Zoological Society. That the 
Painted Bunting at times retires far southward, probably accompanying the 
Lapland Longspur, is a fact for which I can vouch, having seen one on the 
shores of the Mississippi in December, 1820, which, however, I missed on 
wing after having viewed it about two minutes, as it lay flat on the ground. 
Embekiza (Plectrophanes) picta, Painted Banting , Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. 
Amer., vol. ii. p. 250. 
Painted Bunting, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 589. 
Painted Bunting, Emberiza iricta, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 91. 
Adult Male. 
Bill short, conical, stout, compressed toward the end, acuminate; its out- 
lines straight, the lower mandible a little narrower than the upper at the 
base; the gap-line straight, slightly deflected at the base. Nostrils basal, 
rounded, partly concealed by the feathers. 
Head of moderate size, ovate ; neck short, body compact. Feet of ordi- 
nary length; tarsus compressed, anteriorly covered with several large scu- 
tella, sharp behind; toes of moderate size; the lateral toes equal, the hind 
toe stout; claws long, slightly arched, laterally grooved, compressed, very 
acute, that of the hind toe much elongated. 
