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Genus EUSPIZA, Bonap. 



Eu.fpizn, RoNAV. List, 1838. (Type, Emhriza anwricana, Gmelin.) 

 Euxpinit, (AiiAMs, Mas. Ilein. isr.l, 13;i. ^Same type.) 



Gkn. Char. Bill larffe and stronn:, swollen, and without any ridjres ; the lower mandi- 

 ble nearly as high a.s the upper ; as 



broa<l at the base as the length of 

 the gonys, and considerably broader 

 than the upper mandible ; the edges 

 nuuh intlexed, and shutting mueh 

 within the upprr mandible ; the 

 commissure eonsiderably angulated 

 at the base, then decidedly sinuated. 

 The tarsus barely equal to the mid- 

 dle toe ; the lateral toes nearly equal, 

 not reaching to the base of the mid- 

 dle claw; the hind toe about equal 

 to the middle one without its claw. 

 The wings long and acute, reaching 

 nearly to the middle of the tail ; the 



Kuspiza americana. Bonap, 



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tertials decidedly longer than the secondaries, but much shorter than the primaries ; first 

 quill longest, the others regularly graduated. Tail consideraldy short '• than the wings, 

 though moderately long; nearly even, although slightly emarginate ; the outer feathers 

 scarcely shorter. Middle of back only striped ; beneath without streaks. 



This L^entis comes nearer to Ca/'unoynzcf, 1)tit has shorter tertials, more 

 slender bill, weaker aud mure curved claws, etc. 



Species. 



H. americana. Toj) and si'les of head light slate ; forehead tinged with greenish- 

 yellow. A superciliary stripe, a maxillary spot, sides of breast, and middle line of breast 

 ami belly, yello\.-. Chin white, throat black, shoulders chestnut. Female with the black 

 of the throat replaced by a crescent of spots. Hub. Eastern Province of United States; 

 south to New Grenada, 



E. townsendi. Body throughout (including the jugulum), dark ash, tinged with 

 brownish on the back and wings. Superciliary and maxillary stripe, chin, throat, and 

 middle of belly, white. A maxillary line and a pectoral crescent of black spots. No 

 chestnut shoulders. Hab. Chester Co., Pennsylvania. 



Euspiza americana, Jv^y^v. 



BLACK-THBOATED BVNTINO. 



Embcriza amrrknna, Gmf.t.ix, Sy.-t. Xat. I, 17SS, S72. — Wilson, Am. Om. TIT, 1811, 86, 

 pi. iii, f. 2. —Aril. Orn. Biog. IV, 1838, 579, pi. cccLxxxiv. — Ib. Syn. 1S39, 101. — 

 In. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, r>8, pi. olvi. — Max. Cab. J. VI, 1858, 341. Friiujilla {^piza) 

 amcrica,ut , Bonap. Obs. Wils. 1825, Xo. 85. Eiispiza americana, Bonap. List, 1838 

 (tYi)e). — Ih. Consp<^ctns, 1850, 469. — BAiiin, Birds N. Am. 1858, 494. — Samuels, 

 327. Euspina americana, Cabanis, Mus. Hoin. 1851, IS**, (type). FrimjiUa flari- 

 culUs, (Jmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 926. **Embcriz<t mrxlmna, Latham," Syn. I, 1790, 412 

 (Gniy). Passcrina nigrkoUis, Vieillot. YcUow-throated Finch, Pennant, Arc, 

 Zotil. II, 374. 

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