BRITISH BIRDS. 
150 
TAWNY BUNTING. 
GREAT PIED MOUNTAIN FINCH, OR ERAMBLING. 
The length is fomewhat above fix inches : The 
bill is Ihort, of a yellow colour, and blackifh at the 
point ; the crown of the head tawny ; the fore- 
head cheftnut colour ; the hind part of the neck 
and cheeks the fame, but paler ; the throat, fides 
of the neck, and fpace round the eyes are of a 
dirty white ; the breaft dull yellow ; the under 
parts white, in fome tinged with yellow; the 
back and fcapulars are black, edged with reddifh 
brown; the quill feathers are dulky, edged with 
white ; the fecondaries are white on their outer 
edges ; the greater coverts are tipped with white, 
which, when the wing is clofed, forms a bed of 
