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SINGING BIRDS — OSCIXKS. 



Guiraca caeiulea, Linnaeus. 



THE BLUE GROSBEAK. 



Loxia candiii, LiXN.EUS, Syst. Nat. I. 17G6, 3(iG. — Wilsu.v, Amer. Oru. III. 1811, 78 ; pi. 

 xxiv. f. 6. — Uuimca mriilca, Swaixso.n, Birds Mex. in I'liil. Ma;,'. I. 1827, 438. — 

 Newbeuuy, 1'. R. Rep. VI. iv. 88. — Baiuc, IX. Binls, 49'J. — Cucculorus citm'.eus, 

 Hw.viNSON, Birds, II. 1837, i77. — AiDUUox, Birds Aiirt. III. 1841, 2U4 ; \i\. -Mi. — 

 IIeer.m.inx, I'. R. Hq>. X. vi. 51. 



Sp. C'n.\n. Brilliant bliiu ; darkur acnjss the middle.' of tliu back. Space; around the 

 base of the bill and lures, with tail ft-athers, blaek. Two Ijands un the wing across the 



tips uf the primary and secondary coverts, with outer edges of tcrtiaries, reddish-brown. 



Feathers on the posterior portion of the mider surfiu-e tipped narrowly with grayish-wdiite. 



Female, yellowish-brown abu^•e, brownish-yellow beneath ; darkest across the breast, 



and lightest on the throat. ^Ving coverts and tertials broadly edged witli brownish- 



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yellow. A faint trace of blue on the crown. Length of male, 1J>Q\ extent, 11.00; wing, 

 3.7.'i ; tail, '2.8". Iris brown ; bill blaek, white below ; feet black. 



Hall. More southern United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific, south to Mexico. 



