APPENDIX A. 
PY LOTHETICAL LIST: 
This list includes those species which are believed to occur or to have oc- 
curred in Ohio, but whose claim to admission rests only upon presumptive or in- 
conclusive evidence, or whose status as species is not yet clearly established. 
No. 1. 
BLUE GROSBEAK, 
A. O. U. No. 597. Guiraca caerulea (Linn.). 
Description.—Adult male: Prevailing color deep purplish ultramarine blue, paling some- 
what on lower belly and crissum, where the feathers are narrowly tipped with white; lores 
black; wings and tail blackish with blue edging, the former crossed by two transverse bars 
of rufous formed by the tips of the middle and greater coverts, the posterior bar narrower ; 
bill turgid, black above, paler,—dusky—below, lightening toward the tip; feet blackish. 
Adult female: Above rather light grayish brown, often with traces of blue; wings fuscous, 
the bars ochraceous-buff; tail fuscous, with some margining of bluish gray; under parts 
pale fulvous or brownish buff. Young: Like adult female, but showing more ochraceous. 
Length 7.00 (177.8); wing 3.50 (88.9); tail 2.75 (60.9); bill .66 (16.8); depth at base .55 
(14.). Female somewhat smaller. 
Recognition Marks.—Sparrow size; prevailing color ultramarine blue without greenish 
shade. Its larger size and rufous wing-bars will serve to distinguish it from the Indigo 
Bunting (Passerina cyanea), which it somewhat resembles both in appearance and habits. 
Nest, of dried grasses, in tall weeds or bushes. Eggs, 3 or 4, pale bluish white. Av. 
size, .82 x .65 (20.8 x 16.5). 
General Range.—Fastern United States from southern New Jersey, southern Illinois 
and central Nebraska, south to Cuba and Mexico. Casually northward to New England. 
i i Reported as well seen by Laura Gano, College Hill, 
Cincinnati, June 12, 1899. 
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PAINTED BUNTING. 
A. O. U. No. 601. Cyanospiza ciris (Linn.). 
Synonym.—NonpakelL. 
Description.—Adult male: Head and neck, except chin and throat, purplish blue; 
back of scapulars bright yellowish green; rump and upper tail-coverts purplish red; greater 
wing-coverts parrot green; middle coverts dull reddish purple; lesser coverts dull purplish 
blue; wing-quills dusky with purplish and green edgings; tail- feathers dark reddish or pur- 
plish; under parts, including chin and throat, vermilion red; eye-ring vermilion; iris brown. 
Adult female: Upper parts plain dull green; under parts olive-yellow, becoming clear 
yellow posteriorly (Ridgway). Length 4.75-5.50 (120.6-139.7) ; wing 2.70 (68.6); tail 2.50 
(63.5) ; bill .42 (10.7). 
Recognition Marks.—Warbler size; varied plumage of bright colors. 
General Range.—South Atlantic and Gulf States to western Texas, north to North 
Carolina and southern IHlinois, and south to Panama. 
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