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GRANIVOR,E. 



Family FRINGILLIDuE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Emberiza. (Linnceus.J 



Generic Characters. — Beak short, strong, conical, compressed, and sharp- 

 pointed; the edges of both mandibles curved inwards, with the commissure 

 more or less oblique; the upper mandible narrower than the inferior one, 

 and internally in the palate, or roof, there is a bony and projecting tubercle. 

 Nostrils basal, round, and partly hidden by small feathers in front. Feet 

 with three toes in front and one behind, the front ones entirely divided; 

 the hinder toe carries a claw, short and curved: in front the claws are 

 rather long, curved, and strong. The wings with the first primary slightly 

 shorter than the second and third, which are the longest in the wing. 

 Tail forked or slightly rounded. 



BLACK-HEADED BUNTING. 



Emberiza melanocephala. 



Emberiza melanocephala, Scopoli, 1798. Gmelin. Latham. 



" " Temminck. Cuvier. 



" " Keyserling et Blasius. 



" " schinz. schlegel. degland. 



Tanagra melanichira, Guldenstadt. 



Xanthormus caucasicus, Pallas. 



Fringilla crocea, Vieillot. 



Euspiza melanocephala, Bonaparte. 



Bruante-Crocote, Of the French. 



Schwarzkbpfiger Ammer, Of the Germans. 



Zigolo Capinero, Of Savi. 



Black-headed Bunting, Latham, nee Bewick vel Yarrell. 



Specific Characters. — The first primary equal in length to the second, and 

 slightly longer than the third; primaries and tail light brown, the latter 

 without any white markings. Back and rump rich russet, tinged with 



