Platte River, Missouri Plains, and Fur Countries. Common. Migratory.
Emberiza pallida, Clay-coloured Bunting, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 251.
Clay-coloured Bunting, Emberiza pallida, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 66.
162. 7. Emberiza passerina, Wils. Yellow-winged Bunting.
Plate CXXX. Male.
Bill very short and stout; tail-feathers acute. Upper parts light greyish-brown, mixed on the neck with ash-grey, the central parts of all the feathers brownish-black, the margins of those of the back bright chestnut; upper part of the head brownish-black, with a longitudinal central line of yellowish-white, and a yellow line over each eye; secondary coverts dusky, margined with greyish-white; the edge of the wing at the flexure bright yellow; quills and tail-feathers dusky brown, margined with whitish; lower parts pale yellowish-grey, the fore neck and lower tail-coverts of a richer tint; the sides inclining to grey, and faintly streaked with dusky.
Male, 49/12, 8.
Passes from Texas to Connecticut; breeds from Maryland to Connecticut. Columbia River. Rather Common. Migratory.
Yellow-winged Sparrow, Fringilla passerina, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 76.
Fringilla passerina, Bonap. Syn. p. 109.
Savannah Finch or Yellow shouldered Bunting, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 494.
Yellow-crowned Sparrow, Fringilla passerina, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 180; v. v. p. 497.
163. 8. Emberiza Henslowii, Aud. Henslow's Bunting.