EMBERIZA cristala, 

 Crested hunting. 



Generic Character. 

 Rostrum breve, co7ticiim, compressum, hasi aliquatenvs hians, mandibuld 

 superiore iiiflexd, inferiore superiorem magtiitudine superantem. 

 Nares basales, rotuncli, basi plumuUs obtectd. Pedes sedentes, 

 digitis tribus anticis basi divisis, halluce pleriimque brevi, curvOy 

 aliquando recto. 



Ob. Remigum pennd prima brevi, secundd tertidque longissirnis. 



Bill short, strong, conic, compressed; the base slightly gaping; 

 upper mandible inflexed ; under mandible largest. Nostrils 

 basal, round, covered at the base by small feathers. Feet 

 sitting, the three anterior toes divided at the base ; the hind 

 claw in general short and curved, in some species straight. 



Ob. The first quill of the wings shorter than the second and third, 

 which are the longest. 



Generic Types (Temminck) i. Emb. citrinella. miliaria Lin. ii. Em. 

 nivalis. Fring, Lapponica. 



Specific Character. 

 E. oUvacea, infra Jlavescens ; capite cristate ; jugulo nigro ; strigd 



oculari, scapulis rectricibusque lateralibus Jlaxis. 

 Olive, beneath yellowish, head crested ; throat black ; eye stripe, 



shoulders, and lateral tail feathers, yellow. 



Ihe elegant crest of narrow-pointed feathers on the head 

 of this new bird, at once distinguishes it from all others of 

 the same family. Mr. Brookes favoured me with the indi- 

 vidual here described ; it was purchased alive at one of the 

 Brazilian ports ; but I strongly suspect it had been first 

 brought from Africa, by some one of the slave ships. The 

 figure is of the natural size ; down the shaft of each feather 

 on the back is a black line ; the tail is rather long, and even ; 

 the two middle feathers black ; the rest pure yellow, with 

 black shafts, and brown exterior terminal margins ; the upper 

 mandible of the bill is sinuated ; the base not gaping, but 

 with a few incumbent bristles. 



I have taken the authority of Professor Temminck for the 

 accuracy of the generic types of this genus under its present 

 modification. 



PI. 148. 



