70 NOIITII AMKRICAN BIRDS. 



Speoies and Varieties. 



('o.M.Mi).v CiiAKACTKUtf. ^, II'-'. Ill iiuil Upper piiit.s (uxcept runip) (lucp blftck. 

 Two lii'oad biuiils noro.is coverts, a Ini'RO patcli on Imso of priiimi'iuH, iinil ter- 

 iiilniil Imlf (if iiiiu-r wubs of tail-lbiitlicrs, pun; white. 13n!a.st cariniiK! or ciiinii- 

 iiioii; axillars iiiicl liiiiiif; of wing (.'aniline or gamboge. 9- Black replaced by 

 ocbraceows-lirdwn ; other parU more streaked. 



H. ludovioianuB. Uunip and lower parts white ; lining of wing, and patch 

 on lirea,--!, rosy carmine. No nuchal collar. Feiwtle. Lining of wing 

 sall'ron-ycllow ; lireiust with numerous streaks. Ilah. Eastern Province 

 of Nordi .\ineriea, south, in winter, to Ecuador. 



H. melanocephaluB. Hump and lower parts einnamon-rnfous; lining of 

 wing and middle of abilonien gamboge-yellow. A nuchal collar of rufous. 

 Female. Lining of wing lemon-yellow; brca.>*t without streaks; abdomen 

 tinged with lemon-yellow. 



Crown contimioua black. No post-ocular rufous stripe. ILth. Moun- 

 tains of Mexico, and Central Rocky Mountains of I'nilcd States. 



var. met anocephalus. 

 Crown divided by a longitudinal rufous stripe; a distinct post-ocular 

 stripe of the same. Hub. Western Province of United States, south, 

 in winter, to Colima sa.r. capital! a. 



Hedymeles ludovicianus, Swainson 



BOSE-BBEASTEO OBOSBEAK. 



Loxia liuluviciana, Linn. .Syst. Nut. I, 176(5, 30(5. — AVilsox, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 135, 1)1. 

 xvii, f. 2. Guiruca Imloviciaiiii, Swai.nson, Phil. Mag. I, 18'i7, -138. — Bonap. Li.st, 

 1838. — III. Coiisp. 18,-|0, .-.01. — Ha I lit), ISiids N. Am. 18r)8, 497. — Sami^kls, 328. 

 Fi'iitijilhi hiiloricidiiii, .Vi'ii. Oni. I5i(ig. H, 1834, l(5(j ; V, .')13, pi. cxxvii. Piirrhula 

 Imliivicinna, Sail Zoiil. App. Kninkliii s Narr. t'occu/limiinlin ludovieidiid, Hicii. Li.st, 

 Pr. Hr. Ass. 1837. Cuccuhorns luiluviciiiiiii.s, Ari). Syii. 183i>, 133. — 1b. Bird.s Am. 

 Ill, 1841, 209, pi. 20r>. — Max. Cab. J. VI, ]8ri8, 2(57. "llimiuphca ludoviciamt, 

 BowDicii." Jfcdiiiiuhfi litilovicidiin, Cauanis, Mus. llcin. 1851, 153. Friiigilla 

 punicca, G.MKi.iN', Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 921 (mulel. Loxia obscura, Gmelin, I, 1788, 

 862. Loxiarosca, Wilson, Am. dm. pi. xvii, I'. 2. Coccothramlcsrubricollis, Vieillot, 

 Galerio dos Ois. I, 1824, (57, 1>1. iviii. 



Sp. Char. Ui)j)er parts generally, with head and neck all round, glossy black. A 

 broad crescent across the upper jiart of the breast, extending narrowly down to the belly, 

 axillaries, and under wiiig-c'overts, cariiiine. Rest of under part.';, rump and upper tail- 

 covert.s, middle wing-coverts, spots on the tertiaries and inner great wing-covort.s, Im.sal 

 half of primaries and .secondaries, and a largo patch on the ends of the inner webs of the 

 outer three tail-feathers, pure white. Length. 8..'J0 inches; wing, 4.1.'). 



Female without the white of quills, tail, and rump, and without any black or red. 

 Above yellowi.sh-brown streaked with darker; head with a central stripe aljove, and a 

 superciliary on e.icli side, white. Beneath dirty white, streaked with brown on the 

 breast and sides. Under wing-coverts and nxiUars safTron-yellow. 



In the iiial(> the black feathers of the liack and sides of the neck have a subtorminal 

 white bar. There are a lew black spots on the .sides of th(! breast just below the red. 



The young male of the year is like the feniiile, except in having the axillaries, under 

 wing-covert.s, and a trace of a patch on the breast, light rose-red. 



The depth of the carmine tint on the uncler parts varies a good deal in diflferent speci- 

 mens, but it is always of the same rosy hue. 



