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2. PAINTED BimTING, C. ciris. Head, purplish- 

 "biue; back, green; rump, upper tail coverts, and beneath, 

 red. Female, greenish above; yellowish-green beneath. 

 Southern U. S. north to N. C. and southern 111. ; winters from 

 southern Fla. south to Central America; south in Sep. ; north 

 in March. Frequents thickets in the concealment of which 

 the song, which is exceedingly sweet, is given. 



3. VARIED BUNTING, C. versicolor. Differs from 

 2 in having the ])arts varied with purplish, bluish, and red- 

 dish ; hind part of head and upper neck, vermilion ; beneath, 

 dull purple, reddish patch on throat. Female, grayish-brown, 

 paler beneath ; whitish on throat and abdomen. Mexico, 

 north to Texas and southern Arizona; accidental in Mich. 



cc. Grassquits. Eiietheia. 



Small, «iull, tree-inhabiting sparrows with rounded wings 

 and short tails. Nests, in trees, spherical; eggs, pale blue 

 spotted with brown. 



1. BAHAMA GRASSQUIT, E. bicolor. 4.00; dull 

 black on head, neck, and anterior portion of body ; grayish- 

 green elsewhere, fig. 307. Female Fig. 307. 

 sometimes like male but usually 

 duller with little or no black. Ba- 

 liamas : accident al in southern Fla. 

 Frequents settlements, nesting in 

 trees about houses. Unsuspicious. 

 Song, begins with two or three li- 

 quid notes given with a clear, bell- 

 like tone, followed by a lisping 

 series of notes. Somewhat grega- 

 rious. Abundant. 



2. MELODIOUS GRASSQUIT, 

 E. CANORA. Differs from 1 in being 

 more greenish above and darker below ; line back of eye and 

 tuft of elongated feathers on side of neck, yellow. Female, 

 with black of head replaced by chestnut; yellow, duller. 

 Cuba; accidental on Sombrero Key, Fla. 



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