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EMBEEIZA STEIOLATA. 



(STRIPED BUNTING.) 



Fringilla striolata, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 24 (1823). 



Emberiza striolata, Cretzschm. in Riipp. Atlas, Aves, p. 15, t. 10. fig. a (1826). 



Fringillaria striolata, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 290 (1838). 



Polymitra striolata, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 129 (1850). 



Figures notabiles. 

 Riippell, Atlas, t. 10. fig. a ; Bree, B. of Eur. vol. iii. p. 44 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. tab. 25. fig. 16. 



6 pileo albo, vix fulvescenti lavato, striis longitudinalibus nigris distincte lineato : supercilio longo albo et 

 striga rostro basali orta, faciem lateralem transeunte, cum altera striga malari, albis : linea. a basi rostri 

 per oculum ducta et altera trans genas eunte, nigrieantibus : dorso pallide cinnamomeo, scapis nigri- 

 canti indicatis, lineas longitudinales nigras formantibus, uropygio magis cinerascente : tectrieibus 

 alarum clare cinnamomeis, parte basali celata, brunnea. : remigibus fumoso-brunneis, extus cinnamomeo 

 marginatis : rectricibus fumosis, anguste cinnamomeo marginatis, pennis externis latius : mento albo : 

 gutture et pectore superiore cinerascentibus, nigricanti marmoratis : abdomine fulvescente, vix cinna- 

 momeo tincto : subalaribus et remigum pogonio interno pallide cinnamomeis : rostro brunneo, man- 

 dibula, flavicante : pedibus flavidis : iride brunnea. 



2 mari simdis, sed magis cinerascens, pileo undique fulvescente, et gutture conspicue cinerascente haud nigro 

 marmorato. 



ptil. Mem. obscurior, cinerascentior, plumis omnibus plus minusve cineraceo marginatis. 



Adult male in summer plumage. Head whitish grey, striped with longitudinal black markings ; on each side 

 of the head three distinct white stripes, one springing from the lores and passing above the eye, another 

 springing from the same point and passing below and behind the eye, and a third from the base of the 

 bill bordering the throat on each side ; a line from the bill, drawn through the eye, and another from 

 the base of the bill backwards including the ear-coverts, blackish grey ; back of the neck greyish 

 brown ; rest of the back sandy brown, the middle of each feather darker along the shaft, giving it a 

 striped appearance ; wing-coverts sienna, with obsolete grey margins, the greater wing-coverts marked 

 - with a more or less distinct central line ; quills dark brown, the inner web sienna at the base, the outer 

 web margined with pale sienna, the secondaries more broadly washed with this colour ; tail blackish 

 brown, narrowly margined with sienna, more broadly on the outermost feathers ; chin white ; throat 

 and upper part of the breast black, washed with greyish white, this effect being produced by the 

 whitish grey margins to the feathers; rest of the under surface of the body dull buff, purer on the 

 flanks and under tad-coverts ; under wing-coverts pale sienna ; bill blackish brown, the lower mandible 

 yellowish; feet pale yellow; claws pale brown; iris brown. Total length 5 - 2 inches, culmen 0*4, 

 wing 3"25, tad 2'45, tarsus 0'6. 



Adult male in winter plumage. As in most Buntings, the winter dress is assumed by putting on a series of 



