FAM. XIII. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



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Y. Plumage blue {male) or brownish or tawny (female) ; wing bars 



chestnut or buffy ; tail, ^ inch shorter than the wings 



48. Blue Grosbeak. 



Y. On account of the stout bill, 10. McCown's Longspur might be 

 looked for here. It has the nail of the hind toe very long and 

 nearly straight. 

 Z. General colors rosy-red (male), or ashy-gray, with brownish-yellow on 



head and rump ( female) 2. Pine Grosbeak. 



Z. General colors black and white, with rich red on breast and under 

 wing coverts {male), or brownish streaked, with the under wing cov- 

 erts rosy or orange (female and young) ; tail with white blotches. . . 



46. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



Z. General colors black and white, with neck and under parts orange or 

 yellow (male), or brownish streaked, with the under wing coverts 



sulphur-yellow (female) 47. Black-headed Grosbeak. 



Z. Upper tail coverts yellow ; inner secondaries and wing coverts white ; 



bill greenish- yellow ; wing over an inch longer than the tail 



1 . Evening Grosbeak. 



1. Evening Grosbeak (514. Coccothranstes (threstes) vesper- 

 Cinus). — A heavy-billed, olive-brown bird, with black and 

 white wings, black 

 crown and tail, and 



yellow forehead and ^_^ ^^^^^ 



rump. The female 

 lacks the black crown 

 and yellow forehead 

 and niiup, and has 

 both wings and tail 

 blotched black and 



white. A grosbeak Evening Grosbeak 



of western Xortli 



America, which, rather irregularly in flocks, has been found 



as far east as Massachusetts. 



Length, 8; wing, 4| (4-4|); tail, 3; culmen, |. Western British 

 Provinces east to Lake Superior, and casually to the Xew England States. 



2. Pine Grosbeak (515. Pinicola enudecltor). — A large, win- 

 ter, uncrested grosbeak, with a rosy tint over most of the 

 body, but brightest on the head, breast, and rump, and black- 

 est on the wings and tail. Female slate-gray, with much 



