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Genus EMBERIZOIDES Temm. 



Umberizoides Temminck, PI. Col. iii. livrasion 19, 1824. Type H. macru- 

 rus (Grmel.). 



Fig. 175. — Bmberizoides sphenura. 



This genus is easily recognized by having the tail longer than 

 the wing, the feathers of which are sharply attenuated on the 

 apical portion. It is further distinguished by having black hair- 

 like bristles in front of the eye. Coloration : male and female 

 similar. 



642. Emberizoides sphenurus. 



Long-tailed Ground Finch. 



Fasserina sphenura Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxv. p. 25, 1817 



(Cayenne). 

 Hmherizoides macrurus, Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 216 (Merumfi Mts., Roraima, 



3000-4000 ft.); Sharps, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 768, 1888 



(Roraima, Merume Mts.). 

 Umberizoides sphenurus Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 380, 



no. 3899, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour of the upper surface black v^rith 

 yellowish margins to the feathers, which are narrower and inclin- 

 ing to dnsky-grey on the crown of the head and hind-neck 

 and broader and yellowish olive on the upper back, wings, and 

 tail ; bend of wing yellow ; lesser upper wing-coverts uniform 

 olive-yellow ; inner greater coverts and innermost secondaries 

 margined with dark earth-brown ; flight-quills hair-brown, paler 

 and inclining to whitish on the edges of the inner webs ; the 

 margins of the feathers on- the lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts dark ochreous-brown ; tail hair-brown, inclining to black 

 along the shafts of the middle feathers, which have yellowish 

 olive margins ; lores and short feathers round the eye white ; 



