290 AVES ; PASSERES. — XLVI. 



spicuous ; 9 a^liy brown, more or loss washed witli rc<l. L. 8J-. 

 AV. 4. T. 4i. k. U. S., .soutlierly, N. to ^Slass. and N. Wis.; 

 ."l)iindant. A brilliant soii'^jster, much souj^ht as a cage bird. (Lat., 

 fi'om culur of cardiiiars hat.) 



492. HEDYMELES Cabanis. (Zamelodia Coues.) 



f);!J. H. ludoviciaiia (L.). Rosk-brkasted Gkosukak ^ 

 witli lu-ad, Mfck and upper parts mostly black, with white on ruin|>, 

 wiii'.X'* and tail ; belly white ; breast and under win;^ i-overts of an 

 e.xipiisite rose-n-d ; bill very stout, pale ; 9 ^'I've brown, much 

 streakeil, with the under wing coverts satlron yellow ; head with 

 whitish stripes. L. 8^. W. 4. T. 3^. E. N. Am., abundant ; 

 perhaps our handsomest bird, and one of the most brilliant song- 

 sters. (Lat., Louisianian.) 



493. GUIRACA Swainson. (S. Am. name.) 



933. G. ccBiulea (L.). Blue Grosbeak. ^ rich blue ; 

 feathers about 1)111, wings and tail, black ; wing bars chestnut ; 9 

 yellowish brown, with whitish wing bars. L. 7, W. 3^. T. 2|. 

 Southern, N. to N. Y. and Wis., rare ; a fine songster. 



494. CYANOSPIZA Baird. (Gr., blue sparrow.) 



934. C cyanea (L.) Indkio liiitn. $ indigo blue, clear on 

 head, greenish behind ; 9 pl^iin warm brown, obscurely streaky, 

 known from other small sparrows by a dusky line along the gonys. 

 L 5|. W. 3. T. 2J. E. U. S., abundant in summer; a tireless 

 songster. (Lat., blue.) 



93.^. C. cilia (L.). Nonpareil. Painted Bitntino. $ head 

 and neck blue ; under parts, etc., vermilion ; shoulders, etc., grei'n ; 

 nnnp and tail purpli.sh-brown ; 9 green, yellowi.'^h below. L. f>)^. 

 W. 2J. T. 2^. Southern, N. to S. 111. {XcLsun.) («Ipif, name 

 of some bird.) 



495. SPIZA Tlonaparte. (<mi(a. old name of some sparrow.) 



i'.'ttl. S. americana ((Jinelin). Black-tmuoatkd Bintino. 

 " Dick sissel." Grayish and streaked alMjve ; wing coverts «hest- 

 nut : Ime over eye, maxillary stripe, edge of wing, breast and part 

 of belly yellow ; throat patch black ; otherwise white l)elow ; 9 

 with little chestnut, and the black reduced to dark streaks. L. 6}. 

 "\V. 3^. T. 2J. Fields, Conn, to Kansas, chielly W. ; a handsome 

 bird with sleek plumage, and a peculiar, but scarci'ly musical song, 

 incessantly repeated in hot weather. 



937. S. to^wnaendi (.\iidulK)n). Upper parts, ho,i<]. nock, etc., 

 slaty blue; no chestmit, and little yellow or black. A single speci- 

 men known from I'ciin., perhaj)S a hybrid (not a valid species). 



