CLAY-COLOURED BUXTINTL 
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Stem tetragonal, all the leaves opposite, ovate, acuminate. Perennial. 
This plant grows in damp meadows, along rivulets, and even in the depth of 
the woods. It is abundant in Kentucky, as well as on the eastern ranges of 
the Alleghany Mountains, even to the vicinity of the Atlantic. Its rich 
carmine flowers have no scent. 
Phlox aristata, Mich., FI. Amer., vol. i. p. 144. Pursch, FI. Amer. Sept., vol. i. 
p.150 . — Pe nt and ri a Mono g ynia , Linn . — Polemonia, Juss. Fig. 2. of the Plate. 
CLAY-COLOURED BUNTING. 
Emberiza pallida, Swains. 
PLATE CLXI.— Male. 
This homely looking little bird was discovered by Dr. Richardson, who 
states that it “ visits the Saskatchewan in considerable numbers, frequents 
the farm-yard at Carlton House, and is as familiar and confident as the com- 
mon House-Sparrow of England.” My friend Mr. Nuttall, in speaking 
of it as allied to Fringilla pucilla of Wilson, states that it is distinct in its 
habits, it being a prairie bird, not seen in the woods, and occurring only in 
spring, although in all other points it agrees with the species just mentioned. 
It was not met with by him far up the Platte, but is supposed to visit the 
prairies of the Missouri down to the line of settlements. My drawing re- 
presents a male. A female in my possession differs only in being rather 
smaller. 
Platte river, Missouri plains, and Pur Countries. Common. Migratory. 
Emberiza pallida, Clay-coloured Bunting , Swains, and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. 
ii. p. 251. 
Clay-coloured Bunting, Emberiza pallida , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. G6. 
Adult Male. 
Bill short, strong, conical, compressed toward the end, acute ; upper man- 
dible rather broader than the lower at the base, but less deep beyond the 
nostrils, its dorsal line declinate and slightly convex, the sides convex, the 
