EUPHOXJA. 453 



Great riainsi, breeding from miildlo Kansas northward to or bej-ond the United 

 States boundary, migrating south and soutlnvcst, in winter, to Texas, New Mexico, 

 Arizona, Lower California, and nortliern Mexico; occasional west of Eocky Moun- 

 tains (Utah, etc.), and accidental in Massachusetts. 



G05. C. melanocorys Stejn. Lark Bunting. 



Family TANAGRID^E.— The Taxageks. (Page 321.) 



Genera. 



a'. Wing less than 3.00, tail less than 2.00 ; bill very short and broad at base, the 

 exposed culmen less than half as long as tarsus, and less than the width of 

 the bill at base ; tail less than half as long as wing. 



Euphonia. (Page 453.) 



a'. Wing more than 3.00, tail more than ,2.50; bill moderately lengthened, not 

 broader than deep at base, the exposed culmen nearly or quite as long as the 

 tarsus, and much greater than width of bill at base ; tail more than half as 

 long as -wing Piranga. (Page 453.) 



Gexus euphonia Desmarest. (Page 453, pi. CXIII., fig. 5.) 



Species. 



Adult male: Top of head and hind-neck uniform light blue; forehead dark 

 rusty or chestnut, margined behind by black ; rest of head and neck, with upper 

 ]iarts generally, uniform glossj- blue-black, inclining to purplish steel-blue; lower 

 parts (except chin and throat) plain orange-rnfous. Adult female: Top of head 

 colored as in the male; upper parts olive-green, lower parts, including chin and 

 throat, paler and more yellowish olive-green. Length about 4.70, wing 2.75, tail 

 l.SO. Eggs "creamy white, with a few scattered spots and blotches, principally at 

 the larger end. of two shades of brown." (Sclater.) Hab. Mexico and Central 

 America, south to Veragua ; north to Chihuahua (and southern Texas?). 



606. E. elegantissima (Bonap.). Blue-headed Euphonia. 



(7G.) Genus PIRANGA Yieillot. (Page 453, pi. CXIII., fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Adult males with more or less of red in the plumage, 

 often chiefly or entirely red. Adult females, in most species, olive-greenish above, 

 yellowish beneath. Yovntj (in nestling plumage) with lower parts distinctly streaked 

 with graj-ish or dusky on a whitish or yellowish ground. JVest on trees, usually on 

 lower horizontal branch. saucer-«haped, thin, constructeil of wiry dead grass-stems, 

 etc. Eggs 3-5. pale bluish or greenish, spotted or speckled with brown. 



rt'. Winirs plain-colored, without lighter bands or other markings. 



6'. Wing decidedly more than 3.25 ; ailult males with lower parts entirely red. 

 c'. Cutting edge of upper mandible without angle or toofh-like projection 



