Plate CCCXCVIII. Fig. 2. Male.
Bill more slender and pointed than in the preceding species; wings
more rounded, the second, third, and fourth quills being about equal,
the first and fifth equal; tail long, emarginate, and a little
rounded, upper parts light yellowish-brown, streaked with
brownish-black, the streaks on the rump fainter; quills and
tail-feathers greyish-brown, margined with brownish-white; over the
eye a band of brownish-white; cheeks pale brown; sides of neck very
light buff; the rest of the lower parts greyish-white, the sides
tinged with greyish-brown. Female similar to the male, but with less
yellow on the sides of the neck.
_Male_, 5-2/12, wing 2-7/12.
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.