154 NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



F. bicolor. (Towns. Acad. Nat. Sc. Vol. 7, p. 189.) Greyish black. Wings with a large patch of white. 



Tail-feathers edged with white. Female, reddish brown ; beneath whitish streaked with brown. 



Length, seven inches. Western prairies. Calamospiza and Coryialina of authors. 

 F. atricapilla. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 3, p. 162, pi. 193.) Yellowish brown: two white bands on 



the wings. Head black, with a yellow longitudinal stripe above. Tail long, rounded. Length, 



8 inches. History incomplete. Rocky. mountains. 

 F. cinerea. (Id. lb. Vol. 3, p. 145, pi. 187. Above dark olive brown ; beneath white, streaked and 



spotted with brown. A dusky greyish band through the eye. Claws long and acute. Length, 



six inches. Texas and Columbia river. 

 F. toicnscndi. (Id. lb. Vol. 3, p. 143, pi. 188.) Deep olive brown. A band of white spots from 



the angle of the lower mandible. Breast whitish varied with dusky. Length, seven inches. 



Rocky mountains. 

 F. mortoni. (Id. lb. Vol. 3, p. 151, pi. 190.) Reddish brown. Head bluish grey, with two longi- 

 tudinal black bands : a light rufous band nearly surrounds the neck. Tail nearly even. Length, 



5i inches. History incomplete. California. 

 F. lezensis. (Giraud, B. of Tex. plate.) Black: rump white mixed with black; beneath yellow. 



Secondaries edged and tipped with white. Length, 4-0. Texas. 

 F. harrisi. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 7, p. 331, pi. 484.) Varied with rufous and black. Crown and 



throat black ; cheeks ash-grey ; wings bifasciate with white ; sides of the breast spotted with 



black; rump plain olive-brown. Second quill longest. Length, 7-0. Upper Missouri. 



GENUS EMBERIZA. Linn^us. 



Bill stout, short, tapering, somewhat compressed. Upper mandible slightly convex above ; 

 the edges ascending to beneath the nostrils, then descending or direct, with a slight notch 

 near the tip. Hind toe robust, longer than the lateral; the third united to the fourth at 

 the base. Claws long and arched. Tail moderate, emarginate. 



