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EMBERIZA CHRYSOPHRYS. 



(YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING.) 



Emberiza chrysophrys, Pall. Reise Russ. Reiches, iii., Anhang, p. 698 (1776). 

 Emberiza chlorophrys, David, Nouv. Arch. Mus. iii., Bullet, p. 31 (1867). 

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



Figuroe notabiles. 



Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. tab. xlviii. fig. 2 ; De Selys-Longchamps, Faune Beige, pi. 4 ; 

 Radde, Reisen in Slid, von Ost-Sibir. Taf. iv. figs, la, lb, lc; Bree, B. of Eur. iii. p. 63. 



cJ ad. pileo nigro, linea centrali alba, postice dimidiato : supercilio distincto lsete citrino : facie laterali nigra, 

 linea, malaria colli lateribus et macula lineari supraauriculari albidis : dorso brunneo, interscapulio 

 paullulum cinnamomeo tincto, plumis medialiter nigricantibus : tectricibus alarum brunneis, fere dorso 

 concoloribus, extus fulvescente lavatis, plumis omnibus medialiter nigricantibus et albo terminatis 

 fasciam duplicem alarem formantibus : remigibus brunneis, extus fulvescenti-brunneo marginatis 

 secundariis saturatioribus, nigricantibus, pallide brunneo marginatis : dorso postico et uropygio lsetiiis 

 cinnaniomeis, plumis quibusdam medialiter saturate brunneis : Cauda brunnea, rectricibus duabus 

 centralibus multo pallidioribus, pennis duabus extimis pogonio interno fere oblique albis : fascia 

 mystacali distincta, nigra, : corpore reliquo subtus albicante, hypochondriis fulvescentibus, pectore 

 superiore et pectore laterali toto lineis nigricantibus distincte notatis : subcaudalibus albis : subalaribus 

 albidis paullo cineraceo lavatis : rostro brunneo, mandibula sordide albida : pedibus pallide carneis : 

 iride brunnescente. 



2 ad. brunnea : pileo laterali nigricanti mixto, pileo mediano albido, nigro striolato, fasciam verticalem 

 albidam formante : linea, superciliari distincta laste citrina : facie laterali rufescenti-brunnea, parte 

 antica, paullo albicante, plumis postauricularibus nigris : linea, malari albida : dorso brunneo, cinna- 

 momeo lavato, plumis medialiter nigro striolatis : uropygio distinctius cinnamomeo tincto, ubique 

 lineis longitudinalibus notato : tectricibus alarum nigris, pallide fulvo marginatis, majorum marginibus 

 posticis rufescentibus : remigibus brunneis, extus ferrugineo marginatis, secundariis latius : cauda, 

 brunnea, ferrugineo marginata, pennis centralibus hoc colore clare lavatis, rectricibus duabus extimis 

 plerumque albis, ad apicem pogonii externi et versus basin pogonii interni oblique brunneis : subtus 

 albicans, gutture cum pectore superiore et corporis lateribus fulvescenti-brunneis, his distinctius lavatis : 

 gutture imo et pectore maculis sagittiformibus nigris notatis, hypochondriis nigro longitudinaliter 

 striatis. 



Adult Male. Crown and sides of the head deep black, with a very distinct central line of white from the 

 centre of the crown to the nape ; a broad superciliary streak of lemon-yellow produced backwards over 

 the ear-coverts ; sides of the neck white, with a few indistinct brown markings ; back greyish brown 

 tinged with cinnamon, and longitudinally streaked with blackish shaft-stripes to the feathers ; rump 

 rather more rufous than the back, and also marked with dark central shaft-stripes, somewhat 

 indistinctly indicated ; wing-coverts blackish, slightly edged with rufous, and tipped with dirty 

 white, forming two bands across the upper wing; quills blackish brown, the outer web narrowly 



