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240a. Saint Lucas Brown Towhee—pripiLo FuUSCUS ALBIGULA. Light 
blue, with markings, dots, dashes and lines about the larger end of a deep, 
dark shade of purplish-brown, so dark as sometimes to be undistinguisha- 
ble from black; .9g5 by .72. Nests on the ground and in thickets. 
, Cape St. Lucas. 
2406. Californian Brown Towhee-—pipILo Fuscus cRISSALIS. Light 
blue, spotted and blotched with varying shades of dark and Jight purple, 
in some the color is not distinguishable from black, except in a strong 
light; .98 by .75. . Nests in trees and bushes. (See notes.) Coast of Cal. 
241. Abert’s Towhee—pipito ABERTI—Bluish-white, with brown spots 
and streaks in a ring near the larger end, varying in number; I. by .7o. 
Nests in small trees and clustering bushes. Base of Rocky Mts. in New Mexico. 
242. Cardinal Grosbeak—caRDINALIS VIRGINIANUS. White, generally 
thickly marked with spots of ashy or reddish-brown and faint lavender 
tints, sometimes so thickly marked that little of the ground is seen. They 
resemble very closely the eggs of the common Cowbird; four, 1. by 
.80. Nests in trees and bushes. Be UES. 
_ 242a@. Saint Lucas Cardinal—cARDINALIS VIRGINIANUS IGNEUS. Eggs 
and nesting habits similar to*those of the preceding species: Cape St. Lucas. 
243. Texan Cardinal — PYRRHULOXIA SINUATA. . Chalky-white, with 
blotches of a light umber-brown and a number of indistinct markings of 
purple; the spots vary greatly in size and distribution; four; 1. by .8o. 
Nesting habits similar to those of the preceding. 
Valley of the Rio Grande of Texas. 
244, Rose-breasted Grosbeak — ZAMELODIA LUDOVICIANA. Greenish- 
white, more or less spotted over the entire surface with blotches of red- 
dish-brown; four; 1. by .75, v. Nests in trees, on the edge of woods, 
or on the bank of a stream. —- Big Niee Ae 
245. Black-headed Grosbeak—ZAMELODIA MELANOCEPHALA. — Bluish- 
green, blotched and sprinkled with markings of reddish and rusty-brown, 
-more numerous about the larger end, oblong-oval; four; I. by .68. 
Nests in trees. (See } Votes. ): High Central Plains from Yellowstone to Pacific. 
246. Blue Grosbeak—GuiRACA Ca@:RULEA. Light blue, when blown; 
when exposed to light a little while fades into a dull white, oval; four; 
-99 by .62. Nests in low trees. (See Notes.) 
U.S. Southerly from Atlantic to Pacific. 
248. Indigo Bunting—PpassERINA CYANEA. White, with a bluish tinge 
unspotted, or rarely thinly dotted with brown; four or five; .75 by .58. 
Nests in low bushes. (See Notes ) BE Uigs St 
