Order II. PASSERES. 
Tribe IV. Conirostres. 
Family IY. Fringillida;. 
The fifth Subfamily, 
EMBERIZINiE, or Buntings, 
have the Bill conical, acute, compressed, with the culmen more or less straight to the tip ; the lateral 
margins sinuated, and more or less inflected ; the interior of the upper mandible furnished with a palatine 
knob, which is more or less apparent ; the Wings moderate, and somewhat pointed ; the Tarsi about 
the length of the middle toe, and scutellated; the hind Toe longer than the inner, and robust; and the 
Olaws slender and more or less curved. 
Euspiza Pr. Bonap .* 
Pill moderate, conic, compressed, with the culmen more or less arched to the tip, which is slightly 
e marginated ; the lateral margins slightly sinuated and angulated at the base, and that of the lower 
mandible somewhat inflected near the middle ; the nostrils basal, lateral, oval, and partly hidden by the 
frontal plumes. Wings moderate, with the first quill rather shorter than the second, from this latter 
t0 the fourth nearly equal and longest. Tail lengthened and emarginated. Tarsi as long as the middle 
tQ o, and covered with lengthened scales. Toes moderate, with the lateral ones equal and strongly 
Sc ntellated ; the hind toe lengthened and strong ; the claws slender, moderate, and somewhat curved. 
The birds of this genus arc found in Asia, the eastern countries of Europe, and the northern and southern parts of 
America. They frequent the bushes or the level cultivated fields of the open countries, but seek their food, which 
insists of seeds and insects, on the ground. Some are stated to feed on the fruits of the almond and fig trees. Their 
ne sts are formed on the ground, of dry leaves, &c. 
j. E. melunocephalu (Scop.) Pr. Bonap. Exped. de Moree, t. 6 . 
' V — Fringilla crocea Vieill. Ois. Chant, t. 27.; Xanthomis cau- 
asicus Pa'll Zoogr. t. 19 . ; Emberiza granativora Menetr . ; Tanagra 
me Janictera Giildenst. 
'• E. icterica (Eversm.) Evers. Add. Pall. Zoogr. fasc. ii. p. 10. 
y ’■ E. aureola (Pall.) Pall. Zoogr. 11. 52. t. 50., Kittl. Kupf. Nat. 
Giif/t. 1 Fringilla pinetorum Lepech.; Emberiza sibirica 
A E. Lathami (Gray), Gray Zool. Misc. 1. p. 2. — Emberiza 
Jf ata Vigors, Gould’s Century of Birds, pi.; E. suberistata 
L V ev ; R. erythroptera Jard. Sj Selby, 111. Ornith. pi. 132.; E. 
Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 1 57. ; Type of Melophus Swains. 
, Americana (Gmel.) Pr. Bonap., Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 3. f. 2. 
b e - r ^” 8 'ha flavicollis Gmel. ; Passerina nigricollis Vieill. ; Em- 
6 Za w llexicana Lath - S X n - P 1 - > 4 - 
Pull E ’ atHca P illa (Gmel.) Lath. Syn. pi. 45 . — Emberiza coronata 
"'Palensis 
(1837) 
5. £ c 
7. E. Townsendii (Aud.) Pr. Bonap., Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 40. 
I'. E. fruticeti (Kittl.) Kittl. Kupf. der Vog. t. 23. f. 1 .— E. luc- 
uosa Gem. Eyd. Mag. de Zool. 1836. t. 71. . c , ... 
9 . E .alaudina (Kittl.) Kittl. Kupf. der Vog. U 98 .t.a.—S. 
uttata Me yen Nov. Act. & Suppl. t. 12. f. 1., Mag. de Zool. 1 806 . 
70 • Fringilla erythrorhyncha Less. ; Fr. campestns Pr. Bonap. 
iSAJK “Aji Voy. * tiMtr. MU. Oi, 
' H. f E ^fulvieeps (Lafr. & D’Orb.) Voy. de 1’ Amer. Mer. Ois. 
' Wk? hypochondria (Lafr. & D’Orb.) Voy. de l’Amer. Mer. 
) 1 S 1 3 !‘ K.'?griseo-cristata (Lafr. & D’Orb.) Voy. de l’Amer. Mer. 
*14.' E l'?dtrieeps (Lafr. & D’Orb.) Voy. de l’Amer. Mer. Ois. t. 
1 . 7 . f. 2 . 
Urn Established by the Prince of Canino ( Saggio distr. Met. Anim. Vert.') in 183~. 
P°«ed {Class, of Birds, ii. 290 .) in 1837. 
It embraces Mr. Swainson’s genus Melophus, 
