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EMBERIZA CITRINELLA. 



(YELLOW BUNTING.) 



Emberiza citrinella, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 309 (1766). 

 Emberiza sylvestris, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 294 (1831). 

 Emberiza septentrionalis, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 294 (1831). 

 Citrinella citrinella, Gray, Hand-1. of B. ii. p. 113 (1870). 



Yellow Ammer, Yellow Hammer, Yellow Bunting, Yellow Yowley, Yelloiv Yeldring, Yellow 

 Yoldring, Yellow Yite, Yeldrock, Yolkring, Yoit, Skite, Goldie, Writing-Lark, English ; 

 Bruantjaune, French ; Gold- Ammer, German; Be Geelgors, Dutch ; Gulsparf, Swedish ; 

 Gulspurr, Norwegian ; Guulspurr, Danish ; Strenatka Bvsyanka, Russian ; Zigolo giallo, 

 Italian. 



6 pileo toto et gutture laete citrinis, vertice et capite laterali paullulum olivaceo-viridi striato : vitta malari 

 post regionem paroticam producta castanea : collo postico et laterali olivaceo-viridi : interscapulio 

 scapularibusque rufo-brunneis, parte mediana saturate brunnea, plumis omnibus plus minusve fulvo 

 marginatis : dorso postico et uropygio cirmamomeis : tectricibus alarum minimis olivaceo-viridibus, 

 majoribus brunneis extus late cinnamomeo marginatis : remigibus brunneis, primariis anguste olivaceo- 

 viridi, secundariis cinnamomeo marginatis : cauda brunnea, pennis duabus mediis cinnamomeo, proximis 

 olivaceo-viridi marginatis, duabus extimis pogonio interno versus apicem albis : corpore subtus lsete 

 citrino, pectore superiore cinnamomeo marmorato : hypocbondriis hoc colore striatis, scapis plus minusve 

 distincte brunneo notatis : subalaribus et subcaudahbus citrinis : rostro plumbescente : pedibus pallide 

 brunneis : iride saturate brunnea. 



$ pileo grisescenti-brunneo, capite summo medio citrino, plumis medialiter brunneo striatis : regione parotica 

 grisescenti-brunnea, citrino tincta : regione oculari albida : collo postico et laterali cinerascenti-flavo 

 tincto : dorso superiore brunneo, plumis medialiter saturatius coloratis, marginibus cinerascentibus 

 paullulum ocbraceo lavatis : dorso imo, uropygio et supracaudalibus dilute cinnamomeis : alis et cauda 

 ut in mari coloratis : gula circumscripte citrina, punctulis brunneis longitudinaliter notata : pectore 

 superiore et corpore laterali olivascenti-brunneis, illo brunneo et cinerascenti marmorato paullo etiam 

 citrino tincto, hoc distincte brunneo longitudinaliter striato, vix etiam rufo mixto : abdomine medio 

 pure citrino : subalaribus et subcaudalibus citrinis brunneo variis. 



Male in summer plumage. Head bright citron-yellow ; the nape and back of the neck greenish olive ; the 

 forehead, sides, and back of the crown marked with narrow lines of black ; a line of dusky black, 

 behind the ear-coverts dusky greenish ; a moustachial stripe and a few spots on the cheeks chestnut ; 

 back fulvous brown, the scapulars inclining to rufous, all the feathers distinctly marked with a median 

 line of dark brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts bay, slightly washed with fulvous ; least wing-coverts 

 rufous brown, with indistinct median shaft-stripes and distinctly washed with greenish yellow; the 

 greater coverts dark brown, edged with cinnamon ; the primary coverts dark brown, narrowly edged 

 with greenish yellow ; quills blackish brown, greyish underneath, the primaries narrowly edged with 

 greenish yellow, the secondaries very broadly margined with cinnamon ; tail dark brown, the middle 



