EMBEEIZA HUTTONI. 



(GREY-NECKED BUNTING.) 



Euspiza huttoni, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xviii. p. 811 (1849). 



Emberiza buchanani, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xvi. p. 780 (1847), nee Blyth, op. cit. 



xiii. p. 957. 

 Emberiza huttoni (Blyth), Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. ii. p. 485 (1856-58). 

 Emberiza cerrutii, De Filippi, Archiv per la Zool. &c. Genova, ii. p. 383 (1863). 

 Glycyspina huttoni (Blyth), Gould, B. of Asia, part xx. pi. xi. (1869). 

 Citrinella (Glycyspina) huttoni (Blyth), Gray, Hand-1. of B. ii. p. 113. no. 7690 (1870). 

 Citrinella huttoni (Blyth), Adam, Str. Feath. i. p. 388 (1873). 

 Emberiza cassia (nee Cretz.), SevertzofF, Turk. Jevotnie, pp. 64 & 118 (1873). 

 Glycispina buchanani (Blyth), Bianchi, Melang. Biolog. p. 654 (1886). 



Figura unica. 

 Gould, B. of Asia, v. pi. xi. 



6 ad. pileo et nucha cinereis, indistincte striatis : corpore supra ciiiereo-fusco, dorso nigro-fusco striate : 

 remigibus nigro-fuscis, primariis vix cinereo-cervino marginatis : secundariis et tectricibus majoribus 

 castaneo-cervino conspicue marginatis, tectricibus minoribus dorso concoloribus : rectricibus mediis 

 nigro-fuscis rufescenti-fusco marginatis, duabus externis valde albo oblique terminatis : loris et mento 

 cinereo-albidis : capitis lateribus et regione parotica cinereis : gula, gutture et corpore subtus pallide 

 castaneis, pectore saturatiore et plumis cinereo marginatis, pectoris lateribus cinereis, hypochondriis et 

 subcaudalibus pallide cinereo-cervinis : rostro fusco-carneo : pedibus flavido-fuscis : iride fusca. 



? ad. sordidior et pallidior : corpore subtus pallidiore, plumis cinereo marginatis. 



Adult Male (Etawah, April 8th) . Crown and nape dull ashy grey, with indistinct darker stripes ; upper 

 parts generally ashy brown, with blackish-brown stripes on the back ; quills blackish brown ; the 

 primaries narrowly margined with pale ashy buff; the secondaries and larger wing-coverts broadly 

 bordered with dull chestnut-buff ; lesser wing-coverts ashy brown like the back ; median tail-feathers 

 blackish brown, margined with dull rufous brown, the two outer feathers with a large wedge-shaped 

 patch of white extending over the terminal half of the inner web, the outer web brown, margined with 

 white ; lores and chin dull ashy white ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of the face ashy ; throat and 

 uuderparts generally pale chestnut, brighter on the breast, and the feathers having ashy margins ; sides 

 of the upper breast grey; flanks and under tail-coverts pale ashy buff: bill fleshy brown; legs and feet 

 yellowish brown ; iris dark brown. Total length about 6 - 5 inches, culmen - 5, wing 3'5, tail 2 - 9, 

 tarsus - 75. 



Adult Female (Ferghana, June 9th). Differs from the male in being rather paler and duller in colour, the 

 chestnut on the uuderparts being much paler and obscured by ashy grey. 



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