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GRANIVOEiE. 



Family FRINGILLIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Embertza. (Linnaeus.) 



Generic Characters. — Beak 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. 



Mmberiza melanocephala. 



JEmheriza melomocephala, Scopoli, 1768. Gmelin. 



" " Latham. Temminck. Cuviee. 



" " Keyseeling et Blasitjs. 



" " SCHINZ. ScHLEGEL. DeGLAND. 



Tanagra melanictura, Guldenstedt. 



Xanthormus Caucasicus, Pallas. 



JFri/ngilla crocea, Vieillot. 



JEuspiza melanocephala, Bonapaete. 



Bruant-Crocote, Op the Fbench. 



Schwarzkopfiger Ammer, Of the Geemans. 



Zigolo Capinero, Of Savi. 



Blaclc-lieaded Bunting, Latham, kec Bewick, vel 



Yaeeell. 



