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Hah. — Eastern province of North America, nortli 68° and Yukon ; 

 breeds from British Provinces northward ; winters in Middle States 

 sparingly, in the Southern States very abundantly; Western United 

 States only to the edge of the central plains ; accidental in California. 

 (Coues.) 



Only one yet obtained; shot by Mr. Bartram in a bush near his 

 house a few years since. 



Subfamily SPIZIN^. , 



Genus Goniaphea, Bowditch. 



61. Ooniaphea liidoviciana, (Linn ) Bowd. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



Loxia ludoi'iciana, Liuu., Wils. 



Fringilla ludoviciana, Bp. , Nutt., Aud. 



Guiraca ludoviciana, S\v., Bp., Bd., and late writers. 



Coecothraustes {Guiraca) ludoviciana, Sw. & Rich. 



Goniaphea ludoviciana, Bowd., Allen, Coues. 



Coccohorus ludovicianus, Aud., Putn., Gir., Maxim., Trippe. 



Hedymeles ludovicianus. Cab., Sclater., Lawr., Allen, B. B. & R. 



Coecothraustes ruhricollis, Vieil. 



Loxia rosea, Wils. 



Loxia obscura, Gm., Lath. 



Frinfjilla punicca, Gm., Lath. 



Lengtb, 8.50; wing, 4.15. 



Hah. — Eastern Province of North America, north to Labrador and the 

 Saskatchewan; breeds from the Middle States northward ; winters in 

 Mexico and Central America ; south to Ecuador ; Cuba. (Coues.) 



A female bird of this species was shot by Colonel Drummond on the 

 9th October, 1849, near St. George's, and a fine male by Mr. Hurdis on 

 the 15th April, 1850. Mr. Bartram has four specimens, one of which is^ 

 a male in immature plumage. A female was caught by a cat in the 

 town of Hamilton on the ICth October, 1874. This species appears to 

 visit Bermuda twice. 



Genus Cyanospiza, Bd. 



62. Cyanospiza cyanea, ^Linn.) Bd. Indigo Bird. 



Tanagra cyanea, Linn, 



Emberiza cyanea, Gm. 



Fringilla cyanea, Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud. 



Passerina cyanea, "Vioil.," Gray. 



Spiza cyanea, Bp., Aud., Git., Woodh., Putn., Scl., RusB. 



Cyanospiza cyanea, Bd., Scl. & Salv., Scl., and late author 



Cyanoloxia cyanea, Bp. 



Length, 5.75 ; wing, nearly 3.00. 



Hab. — Eastern United States to the Missouri ; south to Guatemala j 



Oaxaca; Cordova; Guatemala; Cuba; Costa Rica; Vera Cruz (B.B.»&R.). 



