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SUBGENUS IV. COCCOTHRAUSTES. 



Coccothraustes, Cuv. Loxia, L. Gm. Lath. Genus Coc- 

 cothraustes, liriss. Vieill. Section Laticones, Temm. 



Bill very robust, at base as wide as the front, slightly curved 

 at tip, more or less turgid on the sides. 



187. Fringilla cardinalis, Nob- Crested, red, beneath 

 brighter ; capistrum and throat black ; bill red. 



Female and young, drab ; beneath reddish-drab j tip of 

 the crest, wings and tail, red ; capistrum and chin, light ash. 



Cardinal Grosbeak, Loxia cardinalis, Wils. Am. Orn. ii. 

 p. 38. pi. li. Jig. I. male, fig. 2. female. 



Inhabits from New-England to Carthagena, and in the 

 West Indies ; more numerous east of the Alleghanies : com- 

 mon and resident in the southern states, and in the lower parts 

 of Pennsylvania. 



188. Fringilla vespertina, Cooper. Front and line over the 

 eye, yellow ; crown, wings and tail, black ; secondaries and 

 inner great coverts, white ; bill yellow. 



Evening Grosbeak, Fringilla vespertina, Nob. Am. Orn. ii. 

 pi. 14. fig. l. 



Inhabits the North-western Territory and Canada. 



189. Fringilla ludoviciana, Nob. Black ; breast and inferior 

 wing-coverts rosaceous ; belly, band on the wing, base of 

 the primaries, and three outer tail-feathers partly, white ; bill 

 white. 



Female and young, varied with pale flaxen, dark olive, 

 and whitish ; no rose colour, and less white on the wings. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Loxia rosea {ludoviciana), Wils. 

 Am. Orn. ii. p. 13 . pi. \l-fig. 1. male ; and JYob. Am. Orn. 

 ii. p. 14. fig. 2. female. 



