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Great Plains, breeding from middle Kansas northward to or beyond the United 

 States boundary, migrating south and southwest, in winter, to Texas, New Mexico, 

 Arizona, Lower California, and northern Mexico ; occasional west of Eocky Moun- 

 tains (Utah, etc.), and accidental in Massachusetts. 



605. C. melanocorys Stejn. Lark Bunting. 



Family TANAGRID^. — The Tanagers. (Page 321.) 



Genera. 



a}. TVing less than 3.00, tail less than 2.00 ; bill very short and broad at base, the 

 exposed culmen less than half as long as tarsus, and less than the width of 

 the bill at base ; tail less than half as long as wing. 



Euphonia. (Page 453.) 



«^ Wing more than 3.00, tail more than 2.50 ; bill moderately lengthened, not 

 broader than deep at base, the exposed culmen nearly or quite as long as the 

 tarsus, and much greater than width of bill at base ; tail more than half as 

 long as wing Piranga. (Page 453.) 



Genus EUPHONIA Desmarest. (Page 453, pi. CXIII., fig. 5.) 



Species. 



Adult male: Top of head and hind-neck uniform light blue; forehead dark 

 rusty or chestnut, margined behind by black ; rest of head and neck, with upper 

 parts generally, uniform glossy blue-black, inclining to purj^lish steel-blue ; lower 

 parts (except chin and throat) plain orange-rufous. Adult female: Top of head 

 colored as in the male ; upper parts olive-gi'een, lower parts, including chin and 

 throat, paler and more yellowish olive-green. Length about 4.70, wing 2.75, tail 

 1.80. Eggs "creamy white, with a few scattered spots and blotches, principally at 

 the larger end, of two shades of brown." (Sclater.) Hab. Eastern Mexico and 

 Central America, south to Veragua ; north to southern Texas ? 



606. E. elegantissima (Bonap.). Blue-headed Euphonia. 



Genus PIRANGA Yieillot. (Page 453, pi. CXIII., fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Adult males with more or less of red in the plumage, 

 often chiefly or entirely red. Adult females, in most species, olive-greenish above, 

 yellowish beneath. Young (in nestling plumage) with lower parts distinctly streaked 

 with grayish or dusky on a whitish or yellowish ground. Nest on trees, usually on 

 lower horizontal branch, saucer-shaped, thin, constructed of wirj^ dead grass-stems, 

 etc. Eggs 3-5, pale bluish or greenish, spotted or speckled with brown. 



a}. Wings plain-colored, without lighter bands or other markings. 



h^. Wing decidedly more than 3.25 ; adult males with lower parts entirely red. 

 c^. Cutting-edge of upper mandible without angle or tooth-like projection 



