100 



NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Ci't'st-H'.illiers stifl' iiiid (;oiiip;ict. No lilack above, or on lores ; crest 

 pure vermilion; rinnj) lif;lit Veriiiilinn, nuicli liufhter limn tlie biiek, wliicli 

 is witliont p'ay eilges to t'eatiiers. Cnlnien, ."5; jjonys, 30; lieiglit of 

 bill, .07 ; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.90; i're.»it, 'J.IJO. Female. Lining of wing 

 buff; above iusliy-olivaeeons, becoming jinre ash on head and neck, 

 except their under .side. CJ t-fealhers vermilion with black shafts; 

 no red tinge on wing.s, and only a slight tinge of it on tail. Forepart 

 of cheeks and middle of throat white ; rest of lower part deep ochra- 

 eeous. Black around bill as in the male. flub. Northern South 

 America ; \'enezuela ; New Granada. 



Cardinalis virginianus, Hoxap. 



BEDBIBD; CARDINAL OBOSBEAK. 



Coccotftrmis/cn virijhiuniii, Bkissos, Orn. Ill, 17')0, 2.'')3. Loxia cardinal'' Iavs. Ryst. I, 

 17t)(>, 300. — Wii.siiN, Am. Oni. II, 1810, 38, pi. vi, f. 1, 2. Coccuflira .stci canlinalis, 

 ViKII.l,. Diet. Friiiijilld ((Jitcni/liraiisfen) cardinalis, Bo.v. Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 79. 

 Frinyilla cardinalis, Nirr. Man. 1, 1832, 519. — Am. Orn. Uiog. II, 1834, 336 ; 

 V, 514, pi. clix. Pilijlm ctmlinalis, Aud. Syn. 1839, 131. — lu. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 

 198, jd. cciii. Cardinalis rinjinianiis, BoN. List, 1838. <— I u. t'onsp. ISfiO, 501. — 

 B.viiil), Birds X. Am. 1858, 509. — M.vx. Cab. .1. VI, 1858, 268. Grosbcc dc Virginic, 

 Buff. Pi. enl. 37. 



Sp. Cir.vR. A llattencd crest of feathers on the crowr. Bill red. Body generally 

 bright vermilion-red, darker on the back, rump, and tail. The feathers of the back 



and nnnp bordered with brownish-gray. Narrow 

 band around the base of the bill, extending to eyes, 

 with chin and upper part of the throat black. 



Female of a duller red, and this oidy on the 

 wings, tail, and elongated feathers of the crown. 

 Aliove light olive ; tinged with yellowish on the 

 head ; beneatli Ijrownish-yellow, darkest on the 

 sides and across the breast. Black about the head 

 O'lly faintly indicated. Length, 8.50; wing, 4.00 ; 

 tail, 4..'J0 ; cnlnien, .75 ; depth of bill, .,58 ; breadth 

 of upper mandible, .35. (28,286 $, Mount Carmel, 

 Southern Illinois.) 



Hab. More southern portions of United States 

 to the Missouri. Probably along valley of Rio 

 Grande to Rockv Momitain.s. 



Oirdinalis virginianiu. 



Tlie bill of this s])ecies i.s very large, and 

 shaped much as in Ilcihjmeks liidovicianns. 

 The central foiitliei-s of the crest of the crown are longer than the lateral ; 

 they spring from about the middle of the crown, and extend back about an 

 incli and a half from the base of the bill. The wings are mucli rounded, 

 the fourth longest, the second wiual to the seventli, the first as long as the 

 secondaries. The tail is long, truncate at the end, but graduated on the 

 sides ; the feathers are broad to the end, truncated obliciuely at the end. 



