53. EMBERIZA. 477 



a*. Crown yellow, laterally greenish ; 

 eyebrow and throat yellow; chestnut 



or bay on the breast citrinella tf ad., 



b*. Crown chestnut or ashy brown, [p. 516. 



blackish along' the sides ; eyebrow, 

 throat, and breast buff, the latter 



washed with yellow aureola 2 ad., p. 511. 



b ". Throat and breast striped. 



c 4 . Larger : wing 8'2 inches ; with con- 

 cealed yellow on the crown citrinella 2 ad. > 



d l . Smaller: wing 2-65 inches; with no [p. 518. 



yellow, but a tinge of chestnut on 



the crown rutila 2 ad. & rf juv., 



b". With no reddish colour on the rump, [p. 514. 



which is brown or greenish or ashy. 

 c". No spots or stripes on the throat and 

 breast. 

 e*. Head yellowish or olive-green or ashy 

 olive. 

 o 5 . Back reddish brown with black 

 streaks. 

 a 6 . Throat black, followed by a 



yellow patch; eyebrow yellow, cirlus ^p. 526. 

 b e . Throat dull ashy grey, lores and 

 base of chin blackish ; cheeks 



uniform with throat spodocej)hala <$ , 



c 8 . Throat yellow, as well as the [p. 523. 



cheeks. 

 a 7 . Lores and base of chin black, 



as well as a malar stripe .... personata tf, p. 521. 

 b 1 . Lores pale yellow ; cheeks 

 yellow like throat, with no 



malar stripe sulphurata $ ad., 



b s . Back yellowish green, narrowly [p. 520. 

 streaked with black ; throat yel- 

 low; base of chin blackish sulphurata <S ad., 



f*. Crown black like the ear-coverts ; a [p. 520. 



yellow eyebrow ; fore neck black ; 



throat yellow elegans <$ ad., p. 497. 



g l . Crown reddish brown, streaked with 

 black ; ear-coverts chestnut-brown : 



a yellowish eyebrow elegans 2 ad., p. 499. 



d'". Throat and breast striped or spotted. 

 h l . Lesser wing-coverts greenish grey, 



contrasting with the back cirlus 2 , p. 527. 



i*. Lesser wing-coverts reddish brown, 

 resembling the back 

 c 6 . Larger : wing 2 - 8 inches ; streaks 



on flanks very broad personata 2 ad., 



d 5 . Smaller: wing 2 - 6 inches ; streaks [p. 522. 



on flanks narrow spodocephala 2 ad., 



b'. With no tinge of yellow on the under [p. 524. 



surface, 

 c". Streaks on breast distinct. 

 e'". Ear-coverts chestnut. 



k l . Throat vinous chestnut like the ear- 

 coverts pusilla rf 2 ad., p. 488. 



