of the United States. 107 



Inhabits near the Rocky Mountains, in summer: rare. 



164. Fringilla cutanea, Wils- Blue ; wings and tail-feathers 

 black, edged with blue. 



Female, light flaxen, beneath and cheeks clay colour. 



Young and autumnal male, like the female, but more or 

 less tinged with bluish. 



Indigo-bird, Fringilla cyanea, Wils. Am. Om. i. p. 100« 

 pi. 6. Jig. 5. male ; and Nob. Am. Om. ii. pi. n. fig. 3. female. 



Inhabits all the United States during summer ; common : 

 winters in Mexico. 



165. Fringilla ciris, Temm. Red; head and neck above 

 purplish-blue ; back yellowish-green ; wings dusky red ; 

 lesser coverts purple ; greater, and tail, green. 



Female and young of the first season (the latter changes 

 gradually until the fourth or fifth year), green-olive; beneath 

 naples yellow. 



Painted Bunting Emberiza ciris, Wils. Am. Om. in, p. gb. 

 pi. 24. fig. l. male, fig. 2. female. 



Inhabits the southern parts of the United States during 

 summer; common in Louisiana and Georgia ; rare in North 

 Carolina. 



f f Species forming the passage to Emberiza. 



166. Fringilla Americana, Nob. Breast, line over the eye 

 and at the lower angle of the bill, yellow ; chin white ; throat 

 with a black patch. 



Female, without the black patch. 



Black-throated Bunting, Emberiza americana, Wils. Am. 

 Om. i. p. 54. pi. 3. fig- 2. 

 Emberiza americana and Fringilla flavicollis, Gm. Lath. 

 Inhabits the United States in summer : common. 



167. Fringilla leucophrys, Temm. Head white, line sur- 

 rounding the crown and through each eye black ; beneath 

 pale ash ; vent pale ochreous. 



White-crowned Bunting, Emberiza leucophrys, JVils. Am. 

 Om. iv.p. 49. pi. 31. fig. 4. 



