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FRIXGILLIB.E. 



Emberiza cia (nee L.), Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 371 (1803) ; Bearan, Ibis, 

 1808, p. 175; Pelz. Ibis, 1808, p. 318 ; Bh/th, t. c. p. 354; Wold. 

 Ibis, 1809, p. 213 ; Brooks, t. c. p. 458 ; Hume § Hetulers. Lahore 

 to York. p. 250 (1873); Cock & Marsh. Stray Feath. 1873, p. 357. 



Citrinella strackeyi, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 114, no. 7099 (1870). 



Adult male. Similar to E. cia, but with the facial markings and 

 eyebrow whiter, and distinguished by the pale rufous tips to the 

 median wing-coverts, so that there is no white wing-bar : " bill 

 dark brown or black, the base of the lower mandible bluish ; legs 

 and feet fleshy yellow or fleshy brownish, the claws dusky (A. 0. 

 Hume); "iris dark brown "( IF. Davison). Total leDgth 6-1 inches, 

 culmen - 5, wing 3-1, tail 2-85, tarsus - 7. 



The plumages of the female, young birds, and winter season 

 correspond with those of E. cia. 



Adult male in winter. " Upper mandible brown, lower mandible 

 pale plumbeous ; tarsi and feet yellowish fleshy, the latter tinged 

 with brown on the joints : iris deep brown. Length 7 inches, wing 

 3-41, tail 33, tarsus 0-78." (TF. IJavison.) 



Young male. " Bill dark brown, dusky yellow on the lower 

 mandible ; legs and feet fleshy yellow, or yellow with the joints 

 brownish." (A. 0. Hume.) 



E. straclieyi is only a dark-coloured race of E. cia, and in some 

 examples can scarcely* be distinguished from the latter species. This 

 is especially the case with one from Gilgit, presented by Dr. Scully, 

 where there is a slight trace of whitish ends to the median wing- 

 coverts. 



Hab. From Eastern Baluchistan and Cashmere eastwards to 

 Kumaon ; wintering slightly to the southward. 



a. 5juv.sk. Forest near Kowar, Khelat, June Hume Coll. 



19, 1881 (Sir 0. St. John). 



b, c. J ad. sk. Gilgit, Feb. 1879. Dr. J. Scully [P.]. 



d. d ad. sk. Gilgit, Feb. 7, 1878 (J. Bid- Hume Coll." 



did ph.). 



e. <$ ad. sk. Gilgit, March 18, 1879 (J. Hume Cull. 



Biddulph). 



f. cS ad. sk. Gilgit, Dec. 1878 (J. Biddulph). Hume Coll. 



g. c? juv. sk. Vallev of Astor, Cashmere, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Sept. [P.]. 



h. $ ad. sk. Cashmere. Pi. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.] 

 i. <3 ad.sk. Gulmurg, Cashmere, July ( T. C. Hume Coll. 



Jerdon). 

 k, I. ? ad. sk. Dhuruisala, April 1870 (IF. E. Hume Coll. 



Brooks).' 

 m. $ ad.sk. Dhurmsala, May 1870 (TF. E. Hume Coll. 



Brooks). 

 n. 2 ad. sk. Near Hirpore, May 13, 1871 Hume Coll. 



( W. E. Brooks), 

 o. £ ad.sk. Ruttum Fir, Mav 10, 1871 Hume Coll. 



(TF. E. Brooks), 

 p. 2 a d- sk. Between Aliahad and Hirpore, Hume Coll. 



May 13, 1871 ( W. E. Brooks). 



