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GRANIVORjE. 



Family FBINGILLIDyE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Emberiza. (Linnceus.) 



YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING. 



Emberiza chrysophrys. 



Emberiza chrysophrys, Pallas; Zoog. Eoss. Asiat., pi. 84, fig. 2. 



Selts; Faune Beige., pi. 4, fig. 1. 



" Degland; Tableau des Ois. du Nord de 



la France, et Cat. des Ois. observes en 



Europe; (in the Memoirs of the Society 



of Sciences, Arts, and Agriculture of 



Lille, 1831—1845.) Orn. Eur., p. 249. 



" Schlegel; Revue. 



Bonaparte ; Consp. Avium Europearum. 

 Bruant a sourcils jaunes, Of the French. 

 Gelbbrauiger Ammer, Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — A yellow superciliary band stretching be- 

 yond the auditory orifices; beak straight. First primary as 

 long as the fourth. Tail very much notched; the most lateral 

 feather nearly white, spotted with brown only on the upper part 

 of the internal web, and the under part of the external web; 

 the following quill edged with white outside. Length about six 

 inches. 



This bird is an inhabitant of the north-east of Asia, 

 and is occasionally found in those parts of Northern 

 Europe contiguous thereto. Its occurrence in Europe, 



