32 feingillidjE. 



7. HESPERIPHONA. ^ 



Hesperiphona, Bp. C. R. xxxi. p. 424 (1850) H. vespertina. 



Range. Rocky Mountains, and eastwards to Lake Superior, north 

 to the Fur Countries, and southward to Mexico and Guatemala. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Crown black. 



a'. A yellow forehead and eyebrow vespertina tf ad., p. 32. 



b'. No yellow forehead. 



a". No white alar speculum. 



«'". Sides of face and throat black .... abeilleei $ ad., p. 34. 

 b'". Sides of face greenish yellow ; 



throat ashy brown abeilleei S inmi., p. 35. 



b". A white alar speculum at base of 



middle primaries abeilleei $ ad., p. 35. 



b. Crown yellowish olive or brown; upper tail- 



coverts yellowish or ashy white vespertina § ad., p. 33. 



1. Hesperiphona vespertina. 



Fringilla vespertina, Cooper, Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. p. 220 (1825) ; Bp. 

 Amer. Orn. ii. p. 75, pi. xv. fig. 1 (1828) : Xuttall. Man. Orn. i. 

 p. 520 (1832) ; Audub. B. Amer. pis. -373, 424 ; id. Orn. Bioyr. iv. 

 p. 515 (1838), v. p. 235 (1839). 



Loxia bonapartii, Less. Bull. Scient. t. xxv. (teste Less.). 



Coccothraustes bonapartii, Less. Bl. Zool. pi. 31 (1831). 



Coccothraustes vespertiua, Swains. Sf Richards. Faun. Bor.-Amer., 

 Birds, p. 209, pi. 68 (1831); Jard. ed. Wilson's Amer. Orn. iii. 

 p. 432, pi. 15. tig. 1 (1832) ; Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. fy N. Amer. 

 p. 30 (1838) ; Audub. B. Amer. iii. p. 217, pi. 207 (1841) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. ii. p. 358 (1844) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 251 ; id. Cat. 

 Amer. B. p. 123 (1862) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 87, no. 7288 

 (1870); Scl. ty Salv. Nomencl. Ac. Neotr. p. 34 (1873); Salv. Cat. 

 Strickl. Coll. p. 211 (1882); id. S[ Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 i. p. 426 (1886) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 255 (1886). 



Hesperiphona vespertina, Bp. C. R. xxxi. p. 424 (1850) ; id. Consp. 

 i. p. 505 (1850) ; Baird, B. X. Amer. p. 469 (1858) ; Blakist. Ibis, 

 1862, p. 5, 1863, p. 69 ; Baird, Lbis, 1867, p. 266 ; Sumichr. Mem. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 550 (1869) ; Cooper, B. Calif, p. 174 (1870) ; 

 Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 127 (1872) ; Baird, Brewer, Sf Bidgway, 

 Hist. N. 'Amer. B. i. p. 44!) (1874); Coues, B. N.-West, p. 104 

 (1874) ; Hensh. Rep. Expl. IQOth Merid. p. 239 (1875) ; Corns, 

 Bull. Xatt. Orn. Club, iv. p. 65 (1879) ; Hay, op. cit. vi. p. 179 

 (1881) ; Brewster, op. cit. vii. p. 227; Corns, t. c. p. 250 (1882) ; 

 Mclluraith, dp. cit. viii. p. 140 (1883) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 

 2nd ed. p. 342 (1884) ; Drew, Auk, i. p. 15 (1884) ; Scott, t. c. 

 p. 174; Aaersb. t. c. p. 279; Seton, t. c. p. 334; Cooke, Auk, ii. 

 p. 244 (1885). 

 Hesperiphona vespertina, var. vespertiua, Baird, Brewer, §• Ridgie. 



Hist. N. Amer. B. i. p. 449 (1874). 

 Hesperiphona vespertina, var. montana, iid. t. c. p. 449 (1874). 



Adult male. General colour above brown on the back and mantle, 

 the scapulars, lower back, and rump dull golden yellow, the latter 



