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A bird of the bunting family, widely distributed in America and Eurasia. It differs from the true buntings in having a long and nearly straight claw on the hind tow, and it is similar to the lark in its habits of running along the ground.

Snow Bunting

A bird of the bunting family, widely distributed in America and Eurasia. It differs from the true buntings…

" The Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), with its black, chestnut, and white plumage, that becomes black and white in the summer." A. H. Evans, 1900

Snow Bunting

" The Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), with its black, chestnut, and white plumage, that becomes…

"Plectrophanes nivalis. Snow Bunting. Snowflake. Pure white; the bill, feet, middle of back, scapulars, primaries except at base, most inner secondaries, bastard quills, and and several tail-feathers, black." Elliott Coues, 1884

Snow Bunting

"Plectrophanes nivalis. Snow Bunting. Snowflake. Pure white; the bill, feet, middle of back, scapulars,…