150 



SINGING BIRDS— OSCINES. 



the latter streaked with brown. Scapulars, whigs, and tail black ; two liniad white bands 

 on the wings across the ends of greater and middle coverts. 



Female, brownish, tinged with olive-green in places ; feathers of Ijack and crown with 



3ralf. 



Female. 



iliisky centres ; rump brijjht brownish-yellow. Two white bands on winp;s. Length, G.25 ; 

 wing, 3.50 : tail, 2.6(i. 



Huh. Northern part of Amci'ica. 



This species, tlioiigh not as yet actually detectetl within the limits of the 

 State of California, is yet so abundant in the regions north of it as to 

 render its occurrence there highly probable. Its habits are much like 

 those of the common crossbill. (Baird.) 



Genus PINICOLA, Vieillot. 



Pimcolii, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I. 1807, \\. iv. : pi. i. f. 1.3. 

 " Corylhus," Cuvier, R, An. 1817. 



Gkn. Cii.vk. Bill short, nearly a.s high as long; upper outline much curved from the 

 base ; the margins of the mandiljles rounded ; the commissure gently concave, and abruptly 







P. Caiiadensis. 



