Male, in summer, with the head and fore part of the neck black; a white band over the eye, passing along the neck, and margining the black; a brownish-red crescent on the hind neck; the feathers on the rest of the upper parts black, broadly margined with yellowish-red; first row of small coverts tipped with white; lower parts white, the sides streaked with black. Male, in winter, with the upper part of the head black, the feathers edged with brownish-red, cheeks and band over the eye greyish-yellow; feathers of the fore neck black, broadly tipped with white; dark streaks on the sides not apparent. Female with the upper parts reddish-grey, spotted with black; a greyish-white band over the eye; the cheeks greyish-brown; lower parts greyish-white, the sides streaked with dusky. _Male_, 6-9/8; wing, 3-10/12. 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_, 6-2/12; wing, 3-1/4. 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. Plate CCCXCIV. Fig. 1. Male. Male, in summer, with the upper part of the head, a streak, and some spots behind the ear, and the breast black; a broad band over the eye, the throat and sides of the neck, the abdomen, lower tail-coverts, and three lateral tail-feathers, white; a transverse belt of yellowish-red on the hind neck; upper parts yellowish-grey, spotted with dusky. _Male_, 5-1/4; wing, 3-2/12. Rocky Mountains. Plectrophanes ornata, Chestnut-collared Lark-Finch, Towns. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia, v. vii. p. 189. Chestnut-collared Lark-Bunting, Emberiza ornata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 44. 155. 4. Plectrophanes nivalis, Linn. Snow Lark-Bunting. Plate CLXXXIX. Male and Female in winter.