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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Head and back, black ; breast and 

 under wing coverts, rose red ; 

 belly, white (male). 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



Habia ludoviciana. 

 See No. 443. 



Part 2. The following species have more or less yellow, orange, or 

 green on the underparts : 



Forehead, yellow; crown, black; 

 rump, greenish yellow ; t e r t i a 1 s , 

 heavily marked with white ; uuder- 

 parts, dark olive yellow on belly (male) . 



Evening Grosbeak. 



Coccothraustes respertinus. 

 See No. 387. 



Underparts, gray, faintly tinged with 

 greenish yellow ; back, gray, more 

 or less tinged with green ; wings and 

 tail, black, marked with white. 



Crown and sides of head and chin, black; underparts, orange brown, or 



pale orange chestnut; middle of belly and under wing coverts, bright yellow; 

 wings and tail, black, marked with white (male). 



Black= headed Grosbeak. 



Habia melanocephala. 

 See No. 444. 



Underparts, pale tawny yellow, more or less streaked with black on sides of 

 body ; crown, black, with brownish buff stripe iu centre ; tail feathers, sharp 

 pointed. [This species belongs in Family Icter'ahe, but might be looked for 

 under this section (female).] 



Bobolink. 



Dolochonyx oryzivorus. 

 See No. 370. 



