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EMBEEIZA CJ1SIA. 



(CRETZSCHMAR'S BUNTING.) 



Emberiza ccesia, Cretzschm. in Riipp. Atlas, p. 15, t. 10. fig. b (1826). 

 Fringillaria ccesia, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 290 (1837). 

 Glycispina ccesia, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 120 (1850). 

 Hortulanus c&sius, Bonap. Cat. Coll. Parzud. p. 4 (1856). 



Bruant cendrillard, French ; grauk'dpfige Ammer, German ; rostbdrtige Ammer, German. 



Mas pileo cum capitis lateribus et torque pectorali bete cinereis . dorso rufo, striga mediana saturate brunneo : 

 dorsoimo, uropygio et tectricibus supracaudalibus rufis, his anguste medialiter brunneo striatis: tectrici- 

 bus alarum brunneis rufo marginatis, minoribus lathis : remigihus brunneis, primariis anguste, secundariis 

 late marginatis : cauda brunnea, rectricibus duabus mediis rufo marginatis, reliquis brunneis, duabus 

 exterioribus pogonio interno versus apicem late albis : loris et regione oculari, striga malari et gula 

 tota fulvescenti-rufis : corpore reliquo snhtus lsete castaneo : subalaribus grisescenti-albidis fulvo tinctis, 

 exterioribusque nigro variegatis : rostro rubello : pedibus flavicantibus. 



Fern, mari similis, sed sordidior : pileo cinereo anguste brunneo striato : gutture et regione orbitali pallide 

 fulvescenti-rufis punctulis minutis sparsim notatis : torque pectorali indistincto sordide cinereo. 



Adult Male. Head clear blue-grey, a narrow streak on each side of the throat joining the sides of the neck, 

 and a band across the upper breast of the same colour; lores and a ring of feathers round the eye, a 

 moustachial stripe and entire throat pale rufous ; back rufous brown, greyish on the back of the neck ; 

 interscapulars and scapulars rufous, longitudinally streaked with brown down the centre of the feather ; 

 lower portion of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform dark rufous, the latter having a narrow- 

 brown shaft-stripe ; wing-coverts brown, broadly margined with rufous, the lesser ones more broadly, 

 the greater ones narrowly ; quills brown, the primaries narrowly margined with rufous, the secondaries 

 more broadly ; tail dark brown, the two centre feathers narrowly edged with rufous, the rest almost 

 entirely brown, except the two outermost, which are white towards the tip of the inner web ; the entire 

 breast rich chestnut; under wing-coverts greyish white, slightly tinged with rufous, and the small 

 feathers on the edge of the wing varied with black. Total length 6 - 3 inches, culmen - 4, wing 3"4, 

 tail 2'4, tarsus 06. 



Adult Female. In general colour like the male, but paler, the head and breast-band being conspicuously less 

 bright, on the former the little brown shafts, which in the male are nearly obsolete, being more distinct ; 

 the sides of the face and throat pale rufous, the ear-coverts darker, and the whole of the throat marked 

 with tiny brown specks ; the breast not so deep chestnut as in the male. Total length 6 inches, culmen 

 - 4, wing 32, tail 2'3, tarsus 0"6. 



Obs. A pair of birds collected by L. Schrader and Dr. Kriiper in the neighbourhood of Smyrna, in the 

 spring of 1863, and ticketed as an adult male and female, are very similar to the pair described above, 

 but have a few fulvous edgings to the feathers of the breast, apparently the remains of the winter 

 plumage. On the throat of the female the spots are very distinct and broad, and a very perfect malar 



