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EMBEEIZA CINEKEA. 



(STRICKLAND'S BUNTING.) 



Emberiza cinerea, Strickl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 99. 



Emberiza cineracea, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 114 (1855). 



Hypocentor cinerea (Strickl.), G. E. Gray, Hand-1. of B. ii. p. 112 (1870). 



Spodiospina, Heugl. (Emb. cinerea, Strickl.), Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 660 (1871). 



Figura unica. 

 J. Wolf in Mem. of H. E. Strickl. pi. 6. 



6 ad. pileo et nucha cinereis flavo tinctis : corpore supra fusco-cinereo, dorsi plumis centraliter saturate fusco 

 striatis : remigibus nigro-fuscis cervino- albido anguste marginatis, secundariis et tectricibus alarum 

 latius cervino marginatis : Cauda nigro-fusca, rectricibus duabus externis versus apicem albis : capitis 

 lateribus pallide cinereis flavo lavatis : mento et gula lsete flavis : gutture imo cinereo, flavido tincto : 

 corpore reliquo subtus albido, hypochondriis cinereo lavatis : rostro sordide plumbeo : pedibus carneo- 

 fuscis : iride fusca. 



5 ad. sordidior: mento et gula, pallide flavis, fusco striatis. 



Juv. corpore supra griseo-fnsco saturate fusco notato, plumis cervino marginatis : remigibus nigro-fuscis, 

 primariis cervino marginatis, secundariis conspicue rufescenti et tectricibus alarum cervino marginatis : 

 corpore subtus, gula. et gutture albo-cervinis, saturate fusco conspicue striatis, abdomine centraliter 

 fere albo. 



Adult Male (Smyrna, 14th April) . Crown and nape clear ashy grey, tinged with yellow ; upper parts pale 

 brownish ash, the feathers with central dark brown stripes on the back; wings blackish brown, the 

 primaries narrowly edged with buffy white, and the secondaries and wing-coverts more broadly 

 margined with warm buff; tail blackish brown, the two outer rectrices broadly terminated with white 

 on the inner web ; sides of the head ashy grey, tinged with yellow ; the chin and throat clear canary- 

 yellow ; lower throat and upper breast ashy grey, tinged with yellow ; rest of the underparts white, the 

 flanks washed with grey ; bill dull horn-blue ; iris dark brown ; legs fleshy brown. Total length about 

 6 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 3 '6, tail 31, tarsus 085. 



Adult Female (Smyrna, 1st May). Head greyish ashy brown with a slight yellowish tinge, striped with 

 darker brown ; upper parts of the body as in the male, but duller ; underparts light buffy white ; the 

 breast and flanks washed with ashy brown, and striped with darker brown; chin and upper throat 

 yellow, marked with short dark stripes. 



Young Male (Smyrna, 12th August). Resembles the female, but has the upper parts darker and much 

 more striped, especially on the head; the inner secondaries are broadly margined with buffy rufous, 

 and the remaining secondaries are narrowly tipped with white; throat, breast, and flanks pale brownish 

 ash, the former marked with blurry stripes and spots of dark brown, and the flanks striped with brown ; 

 centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; chin and throat tinged with sulphur-yellow. 



