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GENUS COCCOBORUS— SWAINSON 



SONG GROSBEAK. 



[Bill rather short, extremely robust, almost as broad as the head, and some- 

 what compressed, tapering to a point — upper mandible considerably smaller than 

 the lower — wings of moderate length, pointed — tail slightly emarginate, o f 

 moderate length.] 



COCCOBORUS LUDOVICIANUS— LINN. 



ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Loxea rosea, Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Fringilla ludovicianus, Bonap. Syn. 



Coccothraustes ludoviciana, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Sw. & Rich. 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Fringilla ludoviciana, Nutt. Man. 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Fringilla ludoviciana, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill short, extremely robust ; wings spotted 

 and barred with white ; second and third quills about equal and 

 longest, first shorter than the fourth ; length of tarsi fifteen-six- 

 teenths of an inch. Adult male with the head, neck, fore part of 

 back, wings and tail black ; first row of small coverts, and a few 

 of the secondary coverts, and secondaries, tipped with white ; a 

 large patch of white on the primaries toward their bases ; a patch 

 of white on the inner webs of the outer three tail feathers, the rest 

 tipped with the same ; upper tail coverts black, tipped with white ; 

 fore part and middle of the breast, and under wing coverts, car- 

 mine, rest of the lower parts white. Female with the upper parts 



