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INSESSORES. 
The plumage of the Snow Bunting varies so much 
with age, climate, and other circumstances, that it is 
almost impossible in the same flock to procure more 
than a few specimens 
whose markings and 
colors are precisely 
similar. They are for 
the most part white, 
.with various inter- 
mixtures of fawn 
color and black upon 
the head, back, shoul- 
ders, and wings. Some 
specimens are pure 
white, others white 
and black only, while 
in some the fawn col- 
or predominates. 
We must not con- 
found the Snow Bunting with our familiar and wel- 
come little winter visitant, the Snow Bird. Although 
’ both belong to the same family, they differ greatly in 
their size, appearance, and manners, the latter being 
fully one-third smaller. The predominating color of 
its plumage is a deep leaden brown, with white on 
the breast and sides, and two white feathers on each 
side of the tail. This little bird comes to us just as 
the ground is being strewn with the autumn leaves, 
and, continuing during the severest winters, leaves 
us again for the north early in the Spring. It is a 
sprightly and active as well as a social and confiding 
Snow Bunting. 
