FIUXGILLID.E — THE FINCHES. 



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Tliis genus is well clmnictorizeil l)y the large swollen bill, with its curved 

 cuhiien ; tlie large strong feet iuul cliiws ; the long wings, a little longer 

 tliiin the tail, and with the ter- 



tiids as long as the i)riniaries ; _ \W JL\t^'/fJii6&'^/Jja K 



the first lour (quills ai)out equal, 

 and ahruptly lougest ; the; tail 

 short and graduated. 



The only group of North 

 American Spizcllimv, with the 

 tertials et^ual to the primaries in 

 the closed wing, is I'as^Hcrcalas. 

 Tiiis, however, has a difl'erently 

 formed bill, weaker feet, the aiia,,w,,,,za b,cdor. 



inner primaries longer and more regularly graduated, the tail-leathers more 

 acute and shorter, and the i)luniage streaked brownish and white instead of 

 black. 



Calamospir . bicolor, Ronap. 



LABK BUNTINO; V^XE- WINGED BLAGKBISD. 



Fnngilla bicolor, Townsk.ni., ,1. A. N. Sc. Ph. VH, 1837, 189. —In. Narrative, 1839, 346. 



— Aui). Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 19, (il. cecxc. Calamospiza hkolor, IJonat. List, 1838. 



— 111. Coiispeetus, 18,-)(), 47.';. — I!.\li!i>, Birds N. Am. 1858, 49L>. — Hekkm. X, c, l.l. 

 Cdi-u'ln/iiia liirohi; Ari). Synopsis, 1839, 130. — In. liirds Am. Ill, 18-11, 195, jil. cci. 



— JL\x. C'al). J. VI, 1858, 347. — CoorKit, Orii. C'al. I, 225. Dulkkonijx bicohi; 

 NuTiALL, ilumial, I, ('-Med.,) 184(1, 203. 



Sp. Char. Mule entirely black; a broad band on the wiiijj: (i overiiifj the whole of the 

 proiiter covurUs), with liie outer edges of the quills and tuil-featiier.'i, white. Lcnjrth, about 

 G.50; winjr, ^..'iO; tail, ;?.20 ; taiwis, 1.00; iiiil aliove, .(10. 



/•'(•Hia/c pale brown, .streaked with darker aliovo; beneath white, s]iotteil and .streaked 

 rather .spar.sely with biaek on the breast and vsiil(>s. Throal nciiily innnaculate. A 

 maxillary stripe of blaek, bordered above by white. Hejrion aronnd the eye, ii faint 

 siripe aliove it, and an oli.senre ereseent b.iek of the ear-coverts, whilish. A broad liilvons 

 while band across the ends of the great n' winLT-coverts; edji-e ol' wing white. Tail- 

 feathers with a white spot at the end of the inner web. 



Yuini;;. Similar to the female; a faint bulf tinge prevalent beneath, where the streaks 

 are narrower; dark .streaks above inoader, the li'atheis boidi'icd with biitfy-white. 



IFaii. High Central Plains to the Hoeky Monntuins; southwesterly to Valley of- 

 Alimbres and Soiiora; San Antonio, Texas, winter (l)in:s.si:i!, Ibis, ISO"), IKt)). Fort 

 AVhipple, Arizona (Con-:s, P. A. N. S. ISllt;, SI). Parley's Park, Utah (iiimiWAv). 



ILvBiTS. This peculiar s])ecics, known by some writers as the Lark hunt- 

 ing, and by others as the White-winged IMackbird, was first described by 

 Townscnd in 18;i7. He met with it when, in comiiiiny with Air. Nuttall, he 

 niiulc his western tour across the continent, on the L'4th of May, soon after 

 crossing the nortli branch of the I'latte lliver. The latter writer regarded it 



