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English: An illustration of the Slaty Bunting (Emberiza siemsseni) from its original description, in which it was named as a member of the otherwise New World genus Junco due to its coincidental resemblance. The female at left and the male at right.

Identifier: ibis1011913brit (find matches)
Title: The Ibis
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: British Ornithologists' Union
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: (London) : Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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he, Ibis, 1897,p. 602 ; LaToucbe, Ibis, 1899, p. 34. Pyrrhuhi richetti La Touche, Bulb B. O. C. xvi. 1905,p. 21. Descriptivn.—Very near P. nipalensis Hodgson, but smallerand darker. In tbe male the centres of the feathers of thecrown are very dark, giving a scaly appearance to that part.The white streak under the eye in botli sexes is much smallerand duller than in the Himalayan bird. Iris dark brown ; bill light greenish ))lambeous, tippedand edged with black ; legs dark greyish pink. Wing ofthe male 3-13, of the female 3-37 in. This Bullfinch, which Ilickett and I bad previously con-founded with P. nipalensis Hodgson, inhabits tbe mountainsof north-western Fobkien. Ember)ZA passerina Pallas. Schosnicola jicillasii David & Oustalct, Oiseaux de la Chine,p. 321. I have several examples taken near Foocbow in November1906. Embekiza elegans Temm. Emberiza elegans David & Oustalet, Oiseaux de la Chine,p. 322. Obtained on 11 and 28 November 1901, at Kuatun innorth-western Fobkien.
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on the Birds of China. 277 JuNCo siEMssENi Martciis. (Plate VI.) Junco siemsseni MartenSj Orn. Mouutsb. xiv. 1906, p. 192. Two examples, a male and female, were obtained in Marchat Kuatun in north-west Fohkien. Only one specimen—themale described by Martens, now in the Hamburg Museum—was previously known. The female is here described for thefirst time. Desc7iptioa,—Male. General colour slate-blue ; axillaries,abdomen, and under tail-coverts pure white; a band of whiteon the inner webs of the middle secondaries; remainder ofwing black, washed externally with slate-blue; rectrices,except the outer pair, also black, washed externally with slate-blue. Outermost rectrices with inner web white except fora longish triangular apical mark. Wing 260 in. Female. Head and hind-neck rufous; upper back rufousbrown, centre of the feathers darker, with blackish shaft-stripes ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts slate-grey, the feathers a good deal edged with rufous brown ;Avings hair-brow

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