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GIIAXIVORtE. 
Family FFINGILLIDFB. f Bonaparte. ) 
Genus Embekiza. (Linnceus.) 
Generic Characters . — Eeak short, strong, conical, compressed, 
and sharp-pointed; the edges of both mandibles curved in- 
wards, with the commissure more or less oblique; the upper 
mandible narrower than the inferior one, and internally in 
the palate, or roof, there is a bony and projecting tubercle. 
Nostrils basal, round, and partly hidden by small feathers in 
front. Feet with three toes in front and one behind, the 
front ones entirely divided; the hinder toe carries a claw*, 
short and curved; in front the claws are rather long, curved, 
and strong. The wings with the first primary slightly 
shorter than the second and third, which are the longest in 
the wing. Tail forked or slightly rounded. 
BLACK-HEADED BUNTING. 
Emheriza melanocepliala. 
Emheriza melanocepliala, 
(C (6 
Tanagra melanictura, 
Xanthormus Caucasicus, 
Frhigilla crocea, 
iEiispxza melanocepliala, 
Uruant- Crocote, 
Sclmarzlcopfiger Ammer, 
Zlgolo Capinero, 
JBlach-lieaded Bunting, 
ScopoLi, 1768. Gmeltn. 
Latham. Temminck. Cuvier. 
Keyserling et Blasius. 
ScHINZ. ScHLEGEL. DeGLANH. 
Guldenstedt. 
Pallas. 
ViEILLOT. 
Bonaparte. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Of Savi. 
Latham, nec Bewick, vel 
Yarrell. 
