222 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



iJoccolhraHflfit rmpi-rthia 8w. Jt tltCH. F. B. A. ll.Ktl.aiiW.pl. ixt.— Ai'D. Synop. Ixaci.KU; 



B. Am. 111,1841. il7,pl. 307. 

 Iferpn-lphoiia icdpcrriiia BOSAP. 18i0.— Baibd.B. X. Am. 18S8, 409: Cut. X. Am. B. IKK*. 



No. 3«2.-CouEB.Key.lS7J,127: Check Llst,I873.Xo. 136; 2d c<l. li«2.Xo. li®: B. X. \V. 



1874.105.-B. B. & R. Hist. X. Am. B. I.1ST5.419. pi. 22.rii;. 1.— RiDOW. Xom. X. Am. B. 



1881, Xo. 165. 



Had. Western Xortli .\merk-an, south. In mountain districts, to elevated regions of 

 easti'rn Mvxloo; north to the Saskntchowan, and east, especially In winter, tt) the Great 

 Lakes; accidental in northern Atlantic States (Xew York. Ohio. etc.',. 



"Sp. Cbar. Bin yellowish green. dusky nt the base. Anterior half of the body dusky 

 yellowish olive, shading into yellow to the rump above, and the under tuil-coverts below. 

 Outer scapulars, a broad fron al band continued on each side over the eye,axlllarles,and 

 middle of uuder wlng-coverts yellow. Feathers alimi; the extreme base of the bill, the 

 crown, tibia-, wings, upper tuil-coverts. and tall bl.n-k; Inner greater wing-eoverts and 

 tortlaries white. Length. 7.;W; wing.J.ai; tail 2.75. 



"The female difters in having the head of a dull olivaceous brown, which color also 

 glosses the back. The yellow of the rump and other parts is r-placed by a yfllowish ash. 

 The upper tail-coverts are spotted with white. The white of the wing Ls much restricted. 

 There is an obscure blackish line on each side of the chin." {Hist. X. Am. /?.! 



I'oiiiig male, nearlu adult. Generally similar to adult male, but tertlals having Inner 

 webs entirely dusky and grnyi.sh, the lower webs grayish next the shaft; inner greater 

 coverts pale yellow: deeper on edges; upper tail-coverts tipped with dingy yellow, and 

 inner webs of tail-feathers indistinctly tipped with grayish, passing Into whitish termi- 

 nally. Back and Jugulum mixed with feathers of an olivaceous yellow. iMale. Santa 

 Cruz, Cal., March. 1876; Coll. E. W. Xelson.) 



This beautiful bird is a winter ^^8itant to the more northern por- 

 tions of the State, its appearance being, however, very irregular, 

 as is that of the Bohemian Wax-wing (Amjxlis g<irrti}n>i). Mr. Nelson 

 says that it is "a winter visitant occuring at irregular intenals. 

 The winter of 1871 they M'ere quite common throughout the northern 

 poiiiou of the State. The following winter they were much rarer, 

 and since then but very few have been seen, I am told that formerly 

 it was fo much more regular occurrence." {Bull. Essex Inst., Vol. 

 VIII., 1876, p. 104.) 



The most southern record for this State appears to be that by 

 Mr. 0. P. Hay, in the "Nuttall Bulletin" for July, 1881, page 179, 

 which reads as follows : 



"The Evening Grosbeak has for its habitat the region extending 

 from the Plains to the Pacific Ocean, and from Mexico into British 

 .\infrica. Toward the north it ranges further to the east; so that, 

 while it appears to be not uncommon about Lake Superior, it has 

 been reported as occurring in Ohio, New York, uiul Canada. In Illi- 

 nois it was observed at Freeport during the wintir of lH7fl-71 ; and 

 at Waukegan during January, 1873. (Hist. X. .1. liinl.t by Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway.) Mr. Kobt. Kidgway in his recently issued 

 'Catalogue of the Birds of Illinois,' states that it is 'a whiter visi- 

 tant to the extreme northern counties of the State'. 



