Upper Missouri, and eastern declivities of the Rocky Mountains. Common. Migratory.
Fringilla grammaca, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 47.
Lark Finch, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 480.
Lark Finch, Fringilla grammaca, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 17.
159. 4. Emberiza graminea, Gmel. Grass or Bay-winged Bunting.
Plate XC. Male.
Second, third, and fourth quills longest, first and fourth nearly equal; tail rather long, slightly emarginate. Upper parts light greyish-brown, streaked with dusky; smaller wing coverts yellowish-red or bay; quills and larger coverts dusky brown, margined with greyish-white; two whitish bands on the wing, formed by the tips of the first row of small coverts, and the secondary coverts; tail dusky brown, the greater part of the outer feather, and the terminal portion of the outer web of the next white; a narrow circle of white round the eye; lower parts dull white, the throat, fore part of neck, and sides streaked with dark brown.
Male, 53/4, 10.
From Texas to the Columbia River and Fur Countries. Breeds from Maryland eastward and northward. Resident in winter from Carolina southward and westward. Extremely abundant.
Bay-winged Bunting, Emberiza graminea, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 51.
Fringilla graminea, Bonap. Syn. p. 108.
Fringilla (Zonotrichia) graminea, Bay-winged Finch, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 254.
Bay-winged or Grass Finch, Fringilla graminea, Nutt. Man. v. i. p 482.
Grass Finch or Bay-winged Bunting, Fringilla graminea, Aud. Orn Biog. v. i. p. 473; v. v. p. 502.