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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NOKTII AMERICA. 



Head and back, black ; l)reast and 

 under wing coverts, rose red ; 

 belly, white (male). 



Rose=breasted Grosbeak. 



Hahiii hidovicirtna . 

 See "N"o. 44.S. 



Part 2. The following species have more or less yellow, orange, or 

 green on the underparts : — 



Forehead, yellow; crown, black; 



rump, greenish yellow; tertials, 

 heavily marked with white ; under- 

 parts, dark olive yellow on bellj' (male) . 



Evening Grosbeak. 



Coccothraustes respertinus . 

 See No. 3S7. 



Underparts, gray, faintly tinged with 

 greenish yellow ; back, gray, more 

 or less tinged with green; wings aud 

 tail, black, marked with white. 



Crown and sides of head and chin, black; underparts, orange brown, or 



pale orange chestnut; middle of belly and under wing coverts, bright yellow; 

 wings and tail, black, marked with white (male). 



Black=headed Grosbeak. 



Ilahia melanocephala. 

 See No. 444. 



Underparts, pale tawny yellow, more or less streaked with black on sides of 



Ijody; crown, black, with brownish buff stripe in centre; tail feathers, sharp 



pointed. [This species belongs in Family Icterida;', but might be looked for 



under this section (female).] 



Bobolink. 



Dolochonyx ori/zivortts. 



See No. 370. 



