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proper localities ; granivorous. " Feeds principally on the seeds of grasses, with 

 a few insects." (And.) 



84. Genus PasaereUa, (Sw., 1837.) 



1 . P. iliaca, (Merrem.) Sw., Ibx-colored sparrow. Winter resident, frequent ; 

 granivorous. During their Avinter sojourn they frequent brier patches and 

 J;hickets to search among the fallen leaves for seeds and the remains of insects, 

 larvce, &c. 



85. Genus E7ispiza, (Bon., 1838.) 



1. E. amerirana, (Gmel.,) Bon., black-throated sparrow. Summer resident, 

 common; granivorous. "Their food consists of seeds, eggs of insects, and in 

 the early part of summer of caterpillars and small coleopterous insects." (Nutt.) 



2. E. iownscndii, (Aud.,) Bd., Townsend's sparrow. Summer resident, 

 unique; granivorous. Its food inferred from analogy to be, as in other spar- 

 rows, seeds aud insects. 



Observation. — The following extract from my diary may be properly intro- 

 duced here : 



" New Garden, llth of 5t7i month, 1833. — This morning my friend John 

 K. Townseud, in company with John Richards, while in quest of birds for my 

 cabinet, shot a bunting in William Brown's cedar grove, near New Garden 

 meeting-house, which is believed to be a nondescript. We have given it the 

 provisional name of Euspiza albigula, or white-throated bunting. The fol- 

 lowing brief description was drawn from the recent bird before it was skinned : 



Male. Upper mandible, black; middle edge, white ; lower, light blue, with 

 a longitudinal stripe extending half way from the point to the base ; head, dark 

 plumbeous ; checks and breast, lighter plumbeous ; line over the eye, white ; 

 back, varied with black and brown ; the first and second primaries, equal and 

 longest ; the two lesser coverts edged with paler ; throat, white, margined 

 with black, extending down upon the breast, beneath which is a small spot of 

 ocherous ; sides, plumbeous ; belly and vent, brownish white ; length. 5^ inches; 

 extent 9 inches." (The sex was determined by subsequent dissection.) 



86. Genus Guiraca, (Sav., 1827.) 



1. G. ludoviciana, (Linn.,) Sw., rose-breasted grosbeak. Summer resident, 

 very rare and recluse ; granivorous. " The food of this beautiful bird con- 

 sists of the seeds of cereal plants, of grasses, and those of different kinds of 

 berries, along with insects, &c." (Aud.) 



2. G. cceruha, (Linn.,) Sw., blue grosbeak. Summer resident, very rare; 

 granivorous. They feed on grains, hemp-seed, millet, aud the kernels of dif- 

 ferent sorts of berries. 



87. Genus Cyanospiza, (Bd., 1S5S.) 



1. C cyanea, (Linn.,) Bd., indigo bird. Summer resident, frequent; gra- 

 nivorous. " The usual food of this species is insects, and various kinds of 

 seeds." (Wils.) 



88. Genus Cardinalis, (Bon., 1831.) 



1. C. virginianus, (Briis.,) Bon., cardinal grosbeak. Resident, frequent; 

 granivorous. "Indian corn constitutes their chief and favorite food when at- 

 tainable. The seeds of apples, cherries, and of many other sorts of fruit, are 

 also eaten by them." 



89. Genus Pipilo, (Vieill., 1816.) 



1. P. erytkroj/thabfius, (Linn.,) Vieill., toAvhee bunting. Summer resident, 

 common ; granivorous. He scratches continually among fallen leav'es along 

 the fences, in thickets, and brier patches, in quest of the seeds, and Avorms, &c., 

 which are concealed there. 



XXI. FAAIILY ICTERID^. 



90. Genus Dolichonyx, (Sw., 1827.) 



1. D. oryzivorus, (Linn.,) Sav., reedbird, bobolink. Migratory, frequent in 



