401 



CINEREOUS BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza cinerea.) 



E. grisescens fusco castaneoque varia subtus albida castaneo ma- 

 culata, tectricibus caudce rtifo-albis, remigibus rectricibusque 

 Juscis. 



Bunting varied with greyish, fuscous and chesnut; beneath 

 whitish, spotted with chesnut ; tail-coverts rufous white ; quills 

 and tail-feathers brown. 



Emberiza cinerea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 876. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 415. 58. 



Emberiza canadensis. Briss. 3. 2Q6. 14. t. 14. f. 1. 

 Le Cul-rousset. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 368. 

 Cinereous Bunting. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 233.— Lath. Gen. Syn. 

 3. 204. 51.— Lath. Syn. Sup. 15Q. 



Length five inches and a half : beak pale brown : 

 upper part of the head chesnut, with the shafts of 

 each feather brown : the rest of the upper parts the 

 same, but more inclined to grey : under parts of 

 the body dirty white, marked with chesnut spots : 

 rump entirely grey : quills and tail brown, edged 

 with reddish grey ; the coverts of the latter rufous 

 white : legs pale brown : the female more inclined 

 to grey. 



Dr. Latham mentions a variety of this bird, 

 which had " the beak yellow : head, back, and 

 wings rust-coloured, each feather deeply and ele- 

 gantly edged with pale grey : some of the greater 

 coverts edged with paler rust ; primaries and ter- 

 tials with white : throat, breast, and sides, white, 



v. ix, p. 11. 27 



