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GRANIVORJE. 



Family FRINGILLIBJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Embekjza. (Linnceus.) 



STEIOL ATED B UNTING. 



Emheriza striolata. 



Fmberiza striolata, Euppell; Atlas, (Vogel,) pi. 10, a. 



Temminck; Man., p. 640, 1S20. 



Keyseeling et Blasitjs; Die 

 Wirbelt: 1840. 



Scheegel, 1844. Degland, 1849. 

 Fringillaria striolata, Ltchtenstein; Cat. des doub. du 



Cabinet de Berlin, 1823. 



Bonapaete; Consp Av. Europ. 1850. 

 Bruant Striole, Or the French, 



Gestreifter Amvner, Of the G-eemans. 



Specific Characters. — No white mark on either of the two 

 outside tail feathers. Bump and outer edge of primaries russet; 

 first and fourth primaries of equal length, and shorter than the 

 second and third, fifth shorter than first or second. Length five 

 inches and a half; carpus to tip three inches; beak two-fifths 

 of an inch; tarsus three-fifths of an inch; tail two inches and 

 three-quarters. 



The Striolated Bunting, one of the smallest in the 

 family, is an inhabitant of Africa. It was found by 

 Ruppell in Egypt, and figured in his Atlas by 



