Plate LXX. Male.
Bill very stout; wings short, convex, the first quill equal to the
fourth, and scarcely shorter than the second and third; tail
emarginate and rounded, with the feathers acute. Upper parts light
yellowish-brown, streaked with brownish-black, the margins of the
feathers on the back and scapulars light red; the edge of the wing
pale yellow; quills dusky, primaries edged with brownish-yellow,
secondaries with light red; tail-feathers dusky, the outer margined
with yellowish-brown, the middle more broadly with light red; lower
parts light brownish-yellow, the abdomen and throat paler, the sides
of the neck and body, and the fore part of the breast streaked with
black.
_Male_, 5.
Winters in Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. Breeds
from Maryland to New York. Abundant. Accidental in Ohio.
Henslow's Bunting, Emberiza Henslowii, Nutt. Man. App. v. ii.
p.
Henslow's Bunting, Emberiza Henslowii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i.
p. 360; v. v. p. 498.
* Wings considerably rounded, with the third and fourth quills
longest. Tail rather long, emarginate.