BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK. 521 
but scarcely exceeds the third, the fourth longer than the first; secon- 
daries slightly emarginate. ail rather long, nearly even. 
Bill with the upper mandible dusky, the lower white. Iris hazel. 
Feet and claws wood-brown. Head, cheeks, anda small portion of the 
throat black; the upper parts brownish-black; the feathers on the 
lower part of the hind neck all round, a streak over each eye, another 
along the middle of the hind head, the greater part of the rump, and 
the lower parts generally, yellowish-red or brownish-orange ; the edges 
of some of the feathers on the back, a broad band formed by the first 
row of small coverts, a narrow band formed by the tips of the secon- 
dary coverts, a band on the base of the primaries, the outer web of the 
first excepted, the margins of three of the primaries toward the end, 
and a spot on the outer web of most of the secondaries at the end; a 
large patch on the inner web of all the tail-feathers, excepting the two 
‘middle, and largest on the outer, pure white ; the middle of the breast 
and abdomen, with the axillaries and lower wing-coverts, yellow. 
Length to end of tail 8} inches; wing from flexure 4}; tail 3,8, ; 
bill along the ridge 7%, along the edge of lower mandible 12; tarsus 
+23 hind toe #,, its claw 7, ; middle toe ;%, its claw 34. 
Adult Female. Plate CCCLXXIII. Fig. 4. 
The female is much less beautiful. The bill is of a lighter brown 
above, brownish-white beneath, with the edges and tip of the lower 
mandible light brown; the feet and claws wood-brown. The upper 
parts are wood-brown, the head darker, with three longitudinal bands 
of brownish-white ; a band of reddish-white across the hind neck, 
the feathers of the back margined with whitish ; the wings marked as in 
the male, but with brownish-white ; the tail without white spots. The 
lower parts are of a much paler tint than those of the male ; the axil- 
lars and lower wing-coverts yellow. 
Length to end of tail 8} inches; bill along the ridge 74; tarsus {3 ; 
middle toe and claw 175. 
