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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



Painted Buntiug 



parts. The female has tlie ui)per parts bright olive-green and 

 the under parts yellowisli. This, though the most conspic- 

 uously colored of our birds, is, on account of its shy and retir- 

 ing habits, seldom 

 seen. Its home is 

 among the densest 

 and most thorny un- 

 dergrowth of the 

 wooded regions. 

 (Nonpareil.) 



Length, 5J ; wing, 23 

 {'21-21); tail, 2\; tar- 

 sus, I ; culnien, ^. East- 

 ern United States ; breed- 

 ing from southern Illi- 

 nois and North Carolina 

 southward, and wintering south of the United States to Central America. 

 The Varied Bunting (fJOO. I'dsuprhia versicolor) of southern Texas to 

 Central Aiiuriia (aceidi-ntal in Michigan) differs in having no green on 

 tlie riKilr. The fori'head, hind neck, bend of wing, and riini]), blue; wings 

 and tail glossed with blue; throat and hind heail, dull red; belly, reddish- 

 puri)le. The feitidh- has brownish back and breast, wliitish lower parts, 

 and no whitish wing bars. 



51. Sharp's Seed-eater (602. SporAphiJa mor^lleti shdrpei). — 

 A very small, heavy-billed, southern Texas bird, with the upper 

 parts black and the lower parts, including collar around neck, 

 white or buffy. The rump is brownish, and the lower part of 

 the collar is black. The female is plain olive above and olive- 

 buffy below, and there are two whitish bars on the wings. 



Length, 4 ; wing, 2 ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, J ; culmen, | nearly. Soutliern 

 Texas and northwestern Mexico. The Grassquit (<'»03. Euetheia hlcolor) 

 of the West Indies lias been seen in sdiuIhiii Florida. It is a very 

 small, stout-billed, olive-green bird with black head and lower parts 

 becoming grayish on the belly. The femnle is olive-green with grayish 

 head and lower part.s. Length, 4; wing, 2; tail, 1^'. The Melodious 

 Grassquit (003.1. Euvthein cauora), a similar small bird, also seen once 

 in southern Florida, has a yellow, crescent-shaped band across the lower 

 throat, extending back of the eyes. The chin and upper throat of the 

 female is marked with chestnut-red. This species belongs to Cuba and 

 has been seen only on one of the Florida Keys. 



