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Plumage soft and blended, the feathers somewhat distinct on the back 
and wings. Wing long, pointed, the second quill longest, the first nearly 
equal ; the second, third, and fourth primaries attenuated on the outer web 
toward the end. Tail rather long, deeply emarginate. 
Bill dusky, lower mandible yellow toward the base. Feet and claws 
reddish-brown. The upper part and sides of the head are deep black, with 
three bands of white on each side, one extending from the base of the upper 
mandible, over the eye, and along the side of the neck ; another passing 
under the eye and over the ear ; the third bordering the throat. There is 
also a brownish-white patch on the nape. A band across the hind neck and 
fore part of the back and all the lower parts buffy-orange. The feathers 
on the upper parts of the body blackish-brown, edged with light brown ; 
the quills and their coverts brownish-black, edged with pale brownish-red ; 
the first row of large coverts black, margined with white, the next two 
rows white, the rest of the small coverts brownish-black. The tail-feathers 
are brownish-black, margined with pale greyish-brown, excepting the two 
outer on each side, which are white, margined externally towards the tips 
and along the inner webs with brown. 
Length to end of tail GfV inches ; bill along the ridge T 5 ^ ; wing from 
flexure 8^ ; tail 2i ; tarsus VI ; hind toe T 3 ^, its claw T 6 2 ; middle toe T \, its 
claw T \. 
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LARK-BUNTING. 
Plectrophanes ornatus, Towns. 
PLATE CLIV.— Male. 
Mr. Townsend procured a single male of this new species, respecting 
which he has sent me the following notice. “ It is by no means a common 
bi’rd ; keeps in pairs, and appears to live exclusively upon the ground ; is 
remarkably shy, and although I saw the female several times, I was unable 
to procure it.” 
Plectrophanes ornata, Chestnut-collared Lark-Finch , Towns., Jour. Acad. Nat. 
Sc. Philadelphia, vol. vii. p. 189. 
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