EOEKIZA CIOIDES. 



(SIBERIAN MEADOW-BUNTING.) 



Emberiza cia, Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-As. ii. p. 39 (1811, nee Linn.). 



Emberiza cioides, Brandt, Bull. Acad. Sc. St. Petersb. i. p. 363 (1843). 



'■'■Emberiza castaneiceps, Gould, MSS.," Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 215. 



Buscarla cioides (Brandt), Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1857, p. 163. 



Euscarla castaneiceps (Moore), Bonap. ut supra. 



Emberiza rustica (nee Pall.), Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 255. 



Emberiza ciop>sis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 300, nee Bp. 



Emberiza gigliolii, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 393. 



Citrinella {Cia) cicoides (Brandt), Gray, Hand-1. of B. ii. p. 114. no. 7702 (1870). 



"Citrinella (Cia) castaneiceps (Gould)," Gray, op. cit. p. 114. no. 7703 (1870). 



Citrinella (Cia) gigliolii (Swinhoe), Gray, op. cit. p. 114. no. 7705 (1870). 



Eigura unica. 

 Tristram, Ibis, 1889, pi. x. 



J ad. supra castaneo-rufus, pileo saturatiore : clorso nigro striato : remigibus nigro-f uscis, primariis anguste 

 albido, et secundariis conspicue castaneo-rufo marginatis : tectricibus alarum minoribus cinereo-canis, 

 reliquis nigro-f uscis, extiis castaneo-rufo conspicue marginatis : caucla nigricante, rectricibus mediis 

 castaneo-rufo marginatis, binis utrinque lateralibus in magna parte al bis : loris nigris : vitta genali et 

 gula albis, mystacibus malaribus nigris : regione parotica castanea : fascia pectorali castanea : hypo- 

 chondriis rufescenti-castaneis : corpore reliquo subtxis albo-cinereo : colli lateribus canescenti-cinereis : 

 rostro plunibeo-cinereo, mandibula pallidiore : pedibus f usco-carneis : iride fusca. 



? ad. ubique sordidior : pileo castaneo-fusco nigricante striato, fascia lorali nigra nulla, mystacibus minus 

 intensis : fascia pectorali sordide rufescente nee castaneo. 



Adult Male (Krasnojarsk, July 24th). Crown deep chestnut, this colour extending on to the nape; general 

 colour above warm foxy chestnut, on the interscapulary region striped with blackish brown; lesser 

 wing-coverts bluish ash, remaining wing-coverts blackish brown, externally broadly margined with 

 warm chestnut ; quills blackish brown, narrowly margined with dull white, the secondaries broadly 

 margined with warm chestnut; median rectrices blackish, the middle feathers so broadly margined 

 with warm chestnut that the black is restricted to the centre of the feather, the two external tail- 

 feathers obliquely white on the terminal portion, the white on the outer feather extending over two- 

 thirds of the length; lores black; a broad white stripe extending from the base of the bill above the 

 eye to the nape, and a short white stripe under the eye, below which there is a black band ; ear-coverts 

 dark chestnut ; throat greyish white, below which a broad band of rich chestnut crosses the breast ; 

 flanks pale reddish chestnut ; rest of the underparts ashy white : bill plumbeous grey, the lower 

 mandible paler; legs pale fleshy brown; iris dark brown. Total length about 64 inches, culmen 045, 

 wing 3*4, tail 3-4, tarsus 072. 



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