800 BUIOS OF ILLINUIS. 



long mid iiointud, rvachlDS nearly to the nilddlu <j( tlie tall: the weeond iiud thtnl quIlU 

 lonueHt. Tiill ii|i|iriM'lal>ly shorter thiiii tli>' wiiii;'': rather narrow, very nearly even. 



"The H|>eele!< of this eeuUH are all of very Nmall Hlze. and of Hhowy idtiniaei', uttually 

 blue. red. or ijreen. In well-deflned areaH. The fonialCH plain olivaoeou» or brownlHh: 

 l.aler iM'U-'iitli." iUinl. .V. .Ir... II.) 



The four species of this yemis which have been known to occur 

 in the Eastern Province of the United States may be distinguislied 

 by the following characters : 



A. Whit: Willi two liuht liandH. 



1. F. amoena. .Vnli-: Head. neck, ami ii|i|"T pdrts verditir-liliie. duller on tin- liiek: 

 breast I'innainun-rurons. the other lower parirt white. Frinalf: Abitve t;niyi)*h 

 brown, the rump tintted with blue: beneath fulvous-white, tho breast more bulTy. 



B. Wint; without tiuht bands. 



i P. oyanea. .Vn/c- Uniform rieh (treeniah cobalt-blue, the head more ultramarine 

 or smalt blue. Fematr: Above dull brown: below brownish white, the breast 

 with indistinct darker streaks. 



•t. P. versicolor, f'utling fitof of upper mauilifile rtru rnnrapf. and ciihnen luurh 

 arcliKl. Miilr: DIuish purple, the rump and forehead purplish blue, eyelids and 

 occiput dull red. Fetnalr: Above (jrayisli lirown. beneath brownish white. 



■•• P. oiris. Male: Eyelids and lo\ver parts vi'rinilion-ri'd: rest of head purplish 

 lilue; back brieht yellowisli ureen: rump dull red. Female: Dull ernss-erccn 

 above, oliva HIS yellow lienejilli. (Yoiiiit: Miab- siniilar.l 



Passerina cyanea (Linn.) 



INDIGO BUNTING. 

 Popular synonyms. Indigo Bird: Green \iird: Uhio Linnet: Green Linnet. 



Taitagra vt/anea Linn. 8. N. ed. 12. 1. 1766. 315. 

 Fringilla rvaiiea YTrLS. Am. Orn. 1. 1810. 100. pi. 0. flK. 5.— NuTT. Man. 1. 1S32. 473.— ACD. 



Orn. BiOK. i. 1S32.377; v. ISS. r,«3. pi. 74. 

 Passerina cvaiiea VlEILL. Noni. Diet. xxv. 1817. 7; 2d Cheek List, 1882. No. 2»5.— KiDQW. 



Nom. Ni Am. B. 1881. No. 248. 

 SpUa cyanea Bp. I8:)8.-AuD. Synop. 1839. 109; B. Am. 111.1841.96. pi. 170. 

 I 'l/aiiospiza ct/anea SMUT), B. N. Am. 18i8. 50.'.: Cat. N. Am. B. WiW. No. 387.— COUBS. 



Key. 1872, 160; Cheek List. 1874. No. 199: B. N. W. 1874. 171. -B. B. * R. Hist. N. Am. 



B. 11. 1874. 82. pi. 30. 11(19. 13. 17. 



Had. Eastern United States, north to Maine and Canada, west to the ed>:c of llie 

 Great Plains: winters in Central America and Cuba. 



"Sp. Char. Male. Blue, tinged with ultramarine on the head, throat, and miiidle of 

 breast: elsewhere with verdi(trls-Kreen. Lores and anterior anitle of chin velvet-black. 

 W'inn-feathers brown, edged externally with dull bluish brown. Female. Brown above: 

 whitish, obscurely streaked or blotched with l>rownish yellow, beneath: tinged ^vlth 

 blue on shoulders, edges of larger feathers, and on rump. Iininnlure males similar, 

 variously blotched with blue. Very young liirds stri'aked beneath. Length, about .'..75 

 inches; ^vlng nearly 3.00. 



"In this species, which may be considered the tyi^e of the genus, 

 the tail is slightly cmnrginate ; the second quill is longest, the first 

 shorter than the fourth." (Hist. X. Am. Ji.) 



