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SAVANNAH BUNTING. 
and size of the nest, as well as the colour of the eggs of this bird, found by 
myself or the members of my party, differed from those examined in Maine, 
or in any other part of the United States. The nests were deeply 7 sunk in 
the moss, always placed under the cover of creeping branches of low firs, and 
much more bulky than usual, although composed of the same materials. 
The eggs in most instances were of an extremely pale greenish hue, slightly 
spotted and splashed with light umber. They measured 62 eighths of an 
inch in length, and rather more than four and a half eighths in breadth. It 
breeds abundantly among the high grass at Chelsea Beach, near Boston. 
From Texas to the Columbia river, and along the whole Atlantic coast to 
Nova Scotia. Extremely abundant during winter in all the Southern States. 
Breeds from Maryland eastward. 
Savannah Finch, Fringilla savanna , Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iv. p. 72. 
Fringilla savanna, Bonap. Syn., p. 109. 
Savannah Sparrow, Fringilla savanna , Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 489. 
Savannah Finch, Fringilla savanna , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 63 ; vol. v. p. 516. 
Adult Male. 
Bill short, conical, acute ; upper mandible straight in its dorsal outline, 
rounded on the sides, as is the lower, which has the edges sharp and inflected ; 
the gap-line straight, not extending to beneath the eye. Nostrils basal, 
roundish, open, concealed by the feathers. Head rather large. Neck short. 
Legs of moderate length, slender ; tarsus longer than the middle toe, covered 
anteriorly with a few longish scutella; toes scutellate above, free, the lateral 
ones nearly equal ; claws slender, compressed, acute, slightly arched ; that of 
the hind toe a little larger. 
Plumage soft and blended. Wings shortish, curved, rounded, the third 
and fourth quills longest. Tail short, emarginate. 
Bill pale brown beneath, dusky above. Iris brown. Feet light flesh- 
colour. Cheeks and space over the eye light citron-yellow. The general 
colour of the plumage above is pale reddish-brown, spotted with brownish- 
black, the edges of the feathers being of the former colour. The lower 
parts are white, the breast marked with small deep brown spots, the sides 
with long streaks of the same. 
Length 5i inches ; extent of wings 82 ; bill along the ridge 7 S 2, along the 
gap t 8 2 ; tarsus }-f . 
The Indian Pink-root or Worm-grass. 
Spigelia marilandica, Purscli , FI. Amer. Sept., vol. i. p. 139. — Pentandria 
Monogynia, Linn. — Apocvne.-e, Juss. Fig. 1. of the Plate. 
