FRINGILLIDA, FINCHES, ETC.—GEN. 80, 81. 149 
tinged with fulvous and streaked with dusky ; under wing coverts saffron- 
yellow; upper coverts and inner quills with a white spot at end; bill brown. 
Young @ at first resembling the 9. 74-84; wing about 4; tail about 34. 
Eastern United States, common. Writs., ii, 135, pl. 17, f. 2; Nurv., i, 
MA AUD>, ii, 209, pl. 205; Bp., 497. . . « + «| «- LUDOVICIANA. 
Black-headed Grosbeak. Adult @ with the crown and sides of head, 
back, wings and tail black; the two latter variegated with white blotches ; 
neck all ‘asound and under parts rich orange-brown, changing to bright 
yellow on the belly and under wing coverts; bill and feet dark horn. Size 
of the last; the 9 and young differ much as in the last species, but may be 
recognized by the rich sulphur-yellow under wing coverts; the bill is shorter 
and more tumid. Plains to the Pacific, United 
States; common. Avp., iii, 214, pl. 206; Bo., 
498; Coorp., 228. . . . »« MELANOCEPHALA.+ 
Blue Grosbeak. Adult g rich dark blue, uni- 
form; feathers around base of bill, wings and 
tail, black; middle and greater wing coverts 
tipped with chestnut; bill dark horn, feet black- 
ish; 64-7; wing 34; tail 3. 9 smaller, plain 
warm brown, paler and rather flaxen below, 
wings with whitey-brown cross-bars, bill and feet 
brown. Young 7 at first like 9 ; when changing, shows confused brown 
and blue, afterward blue interrupted with white below. United States, 
ratherly southerly, but N. to Massachusetts, and even Maine (Boardman). 
Wius., iii, 78, pl. 24, f. 6; Nurr., i, 529; Aup., iii, 204, pl. 204; Bo., 
OE OO, tear, a hn ae ie ss 4 es) | ORRULEA. 
FiG.%3, Blue Grosbeak. 
81. Genus CYANOSPIZA Paird. 
Painted Finch. Nonpareil. Adult g with the head and neck rich blue, 
the rump, eyelids and under parts intense red, the lores, back and wings 
glossed with golden-green, the tail purplish-blue. 9 above plain greenish, 
below yellow; young ¢@ at first like the 9. 54; wing 2%; tail 24. South 
Atlantic and Gulf States, common; an exquisite little creature of matchless 
hues. WI1s., ili, 68, PI 04.4, 4,9 Avup., i, 93, eo 169; Nurr., i, 477; 
M00... '. ? aatts « ‘OLRIG. 
Western Nonparells Adult ‘4 wih the Gre hes ae cervix, bend of wing 
and rump purplish-blue, throat and hind head dusky red, belly reddish- 
purple, wings and tail dusky glossed with blue; 9 “similar to that of 
C. amena, but distinguished by the absence of the two white bands on 
wings, and by the legs being black.” Size of the last. Mexico; Cape St. 
Lueas. Bp., 503; Coop., 234. .. . . . VERSICOLOR. 
Lami Finch. Adult 2 lacili- blue, Giveieed on : the back, the lores 
black, the breast definitely brown, the rest of the under parts, and the wing- 
hands, white; tibie blue; bill and feet dark. Size of the first. 9 plain 
brown above, whitish below, the breast browner, the wings with whitish 
