. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 82. EMBERNAGRA. 757 brown, with pale sandy margins; primary-coverts and quills light brown, edged with ashy, the secondaries rather more broadly with pale sandy brown; tail-feathers dark brown, barred with dusky under certain lights, the tips inclining to pale sandy buff, with which the outer feather is faintly edged; head pale like the back; ear- coverts, cheeks, and throat pale isabelline, with a few dusky spots along the malar line; fore neck, breast, and sides of body pale vinous isabelline, much paler on the centre of the breast and abdo- me
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 82. EMBERNAGRA. 757 brown, with pale sandy margins; primary-coverts and quills light brown, edged with ashy, the secondaries rather more broadly with pale sandy brown; tail-feathers dark brown, barred with dusky under certain lights, the tips inclining to pale sandy buff, with which the outer feather is faintly edged; head pale like the back; ear- coverts, cheeks, and throat pale isabelline, with a few dusky spots along the malar line; fore neck, breast, and sides of body pale vinous isabelline, much paler on the centre of the breast and abdo- men, the vent and under tail-coverts inclining to tawny buff; axillaries and under wing-coverts vinous isabelline ; quills dusky below, pale ashy along the inner webs. Total length 8*5 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 3*6, tail 4-4, tarsus 1-1. Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 8 inches, culmen 06, wing 3*4, tail 3-9, tarsus 1*05. Hab. New Mexico and Arizona, north into Southern Colorado and Utah {A. 0. U. Check-l. I, c). a. cJ Fort Yuma, Sept. 17 (JE. Coues; Nat. Mus. [P.]. Sm. no. 40888). b. c? ad. sk. Fort Yuma, Julv 5, 1880 G. Frean Morcom, (F. Stephens). Esq. [P.]. c. 2 ad. sk. Fort Yuma, March 5, 1880 G. Frean Morcom, (F. Stephens). Esq. [P.]. d. Ad. sk. Colorado River (A. Schott; Sm. no. Salvin-Godinan Coll. 4578). e. Ad. sk. New Mexico (Kennicott; Sm. no. Sclater Coll. 0721). 82. EMBERNAGRA. Embernagra, Less. Trait e, p. 405 (1831) Limnospiza, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 130 (1850) Type. E. platensis. E. Tail of Embernogra Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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