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stripe of black passes from the posterior angle of the 
eye, widening as it descends to the hind head ; chin, 
white; breast, sides of the neck, and upper parts of 
the same, very pale ash ; back, streaked laterally with 
dark rusty brown and pale bluish white ; wings, dusky, 
edged broadly with brown ; the greater and lesser 
coverts tipt broadly with white, forming two hand- 
some bands across the wing ; tertials, black, edged with 
brown and white ; rump and tail-coverts, drab, tipt with 
a lighter tint ; tail, long, rounded, dusky, and edged 
broadly with drab ; belly, white ; vent, pale yellow 
ochre; legs and feet, reddish brown; eye, reddish 
hazel ; lower eyelid, white. 
The female may easily be distinguished from the 
male, by the white on the head being less pure, the 
black also less in extent, and the ash on the breast 
darker ; she is also smaller in size. 
There is a considerable resemblance between this 
species and the white-throated sparrow. Yet they 
rarely associate together; the latter remaining in the 
lower parts of Pennsylvania in great numbers, until 
the beginning of May, when they retire to the north 
and to the high inland regions to breed; the former 
inhabiting much more northern countries ; and though 
said to be common in Canada, rarely visiting this part 
of the United States. 
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EMBERIZA GRAMINEA , WILSON. BAY-WINGED BUNTING. 
WILSON, PLATE XXXI. FIG. V. 
The manners of this bird bear great affinity to those 
of the common bunting of Britain. It delights in 
frequenting grass and clover fields, perches on the tops 
of the fences, singing, from the middle of April to the 
beginning of July, with a clear and pleasant note, in 
which particular it far excels its European relation. 
It is partially a bird of passage here, some leaving us, 
and others remaining with us during the winter. In 
