2QO CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS CALAMOSPIZA BONAPARTE. 



Calamospiza BONAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 30. Type, Fringilla 

 bicolor TOWNS. = Calamospiza melanocorys STEJN. 



605. Calamospiza melanocorys STEJN. 



Lark Bunting. 



Calamospiza melanocorys STEJN. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 49. 

 [B 377 , C 190, R 256, 286.] 



HAB. From the Plains of Dakota and Middle Kansas west to the 

 Rocky Mountains, less commonly thence to the Pacific, and south 

 to Northern Mexico and Lower California. Accidental in Massa- 

 chusetts. 



FAMILY TANAGRIDJSB. TANAGERS. 



GENUS EUPHONIA DESMAREST. 



Euphonia DESM. Hist. Nat. Tang. 1805, . Type, Pipra musica 

 GMEL. ? 



606. Euphonia elegantissima (BONAP.). 



Blue-headed Euphonia. 



Pipra elegantissima BONAP. P. Z. S. 1837, 112. 

 Euphonia elegantissima GRAY, Gen. B. App. 1849, 17. 



[B22 4 , C , R 160, C .] 

 HAB. Eastern Mexico, and south to Veragua. Texas (GiRAun). 



GENUS PIRANGA VIEILLOT. 



Piranga VIEILL. Ois. Am. Sept. I. 1807, p. iv. Type, Muscicapa 

 rubra LINN. 



607. Piranga ludoviciana (WILS.). 



Louisiana Tanager. 



Tanagra ludoviciana WILS. Am. Orn. III. 1811, 27, pi. 20, fig. I. 

 Pyranga ludoviciana RICHARDSON, Rep. Brit. Ass. Adv. Sci. V. 

 1837, 175- 



