CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 547 



SPIZA, Bonap. 



S. americana, Gmel. Black-throated Bunting. 



Grayish, and streaked above ; wing coverts chestnut ; line 

 over eye, maxillary stripe, edge of wing, breast and part of 

 belly, yellow ; throat patch black ; otherwise white below ; 

 female with little chestnut, and the black reduced to a few 

 streaks. Length, 6-f- inches ; tail, 2| inches. 



" Rare. Appears in meadow lands in May, but none probably 

 remain during the summer. Re-appears in September, and re- 

 mains for several weeks, in few numbers." 



S. townsendii, Aud. Townsend's Bunting. 



Upper parts, head, &c., slaty blue ; no chestnut, and little 

 yellow or black. Only one specimen known, found in Eastern 

 Pennsylvania. 



CALAMOSPIZA, Bonap. 



C. melanocorys, Stejn (bicolor.) Lark Bunting. White-winged Black- 

 bird. 



Male in summer black, with slaty tint ; white patch on wing ; 

 female, above brownish gray, streaked with dusky ; lower parts 

 white, streaked on breast and sides with dusky ; patch on wing 

 smaller. In winter, male is like female, though the feathers on 

 belly show black beneath the surface when disarranged. Length, 

 7 inches ; tail, 3 inches. Inhabits the Great Plains ; accidental 

 east of Alleghanies. 



Family TANAGRIDJE. 



PIRANQA, Vieill. 



P. erythromelas, Vieill (rubra, L.) Scarlet Tanager. Fire Tanager. 



Middle of cutting edge of upper mandible is toothed ; male 

 brilliant scarlet ; wings and tail black ; no wing bars ; female 

 clear olive green above ; wings and tail grayish ; greenish yellow 

 below. Length, 7i inches ; tail, 3 inches. Abundant in wood- 

 land. "A respectable songster." Jordan. 



