Fur Countries in summer. In winter, as far westward as Kentucky. Abundant. Migratory.
Lapland Longspur, Emberiza lapponica, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 53.
Emberiza lapponica, Bonap. Syn. p. 440.
Emberiza (Plectrophanes) lapponica, Lapland Buntling, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 248.
Lapland Longspur, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 463.
Lapland Longspur, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 473.
153. 2. Plectrophanes pictus, Swains. Painted Lark-Bunting.
Plate CCCC. Fig. 5. Male.
Male with the upper part and sides of the head deep black, with three bands of white on each side, one from the base of the upper mandible over the eye and along the neck, another under the eye and over the ear, the third bordering the throat; upper parts brownish-yellow spotted with black; a band of white on the smaller wing-coverts; lower parts, and a band across the fore part of the back, buffy orange.
Male, 62/12; wing, 31/4.
Fur Countries. Accidental, in winter, on the banks of the Mississippi. Migratory.
Emberiza (Plectrophanes) picta, Painted Bunting, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 250.
Painted Bunting, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 589.
Painted Bunting, Emberiza picta, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 91.
154. 3. Plectrophanes ornatus, Towns. Chestnut-collared Lark-Bunting.