TRINGILLIDiLC, FINCHES, ETC. GEN. 80, 81. 



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tinged Avith fulvous and streaked with dusky; under loing coverts saffron- 

 yeJJoiv ;' upper coverts and iuncr quills -with a white spot at end ; bill Ijrown. 

 Young ^ at first resem])ling the ? . 7J-8J- ; wing about 4; tail about 3J. 

 Eastern United States, common. WiLS., ii, 135, pi. 17, f. 2; Nutt., i, 



527; AuD., iii, 209, pi'. 205; Bd., 497 ludoviciana. 



Blaclc-l leaded Gronheah. Adult ^ with the crown and sides of head, 

 back, wings and tail black ; the two latter variegated with white blotches ; 

 neck all around and under parts rich orange-ljrown, changing to bright 

 yellow on the belly and under wing coverts ; l)ill and feet dark horn. Size 

 of the last; the ? and young ditfcr much as in the last species, lint may l)e 

 recognized 1)y the ricli sidphur-T/ellmo under wing coverts ; the l>ill is shorter 

 and more tumid. Plains to the Pacific, United 

 States; common. Aud., iii, 214, pi. 20G ; Bn., 



498; Coop., 228 melanocephala. 



Blue Groshealc. Adidt ^ rich dark lilue, uni- 

 form ; feathers around l)aso of bill, wings and 

 tail, black; middle and greater wing coverts 

 ti[)ped with chestnut ; bill dark horn, feet Idack- 

 ish ; 6J-7 ; wing SJ-; tail 3. 9 smaller, plain 

 warm brown, ])aler and rather flaxen" below, 

 wings with whitey-brown cross-bars, bill and feet 

 l)rown. Young ^ at first like ? ; when changing, shows confused brown 

 and blue, afterwai'd blue interrupted with white below. United States, 

 ratherly southerly, Init N. to IMassachtisetts, and even JNlaine {Boardman) . 

 WiLS., iii, 78, pi. 24, f. 6; Nutt., i, 529; Aui)., iii, 204, pi. 204; Bd., 

 499; Coop., 230. . c^ep.ulea. 



Fig. 03. Blue eircsljeak. 



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81. Genus CYAlNfOSPIZA Eaird. 



I Painted Finch. JSTonpareil. Adult ^ with the head and neck rich blue, 

 the rump, eyelids and under parts intense red, the lores, back and wings 

 glossed with golden-green, the tail purplish-blue. 9 alcove plain greenish, 

 l)elow yellow ; young $ at first like the 9 . 5i ; wing 2| ; tail 2J. South 

 Atlantic and Gulf States, common ; an exquisite little creature of matcliless 

 hues. WiLS., iii, 68, pi. 24, f. 1, 2 ; Aud., iii, 93, pi. 169 ; Nutt., i, 477 ; 



Bd., 563 ciuis. 



Western Nonpareil . Adult $ with the forehead, cervix, bend of wing 

 and rump purplish-blue, throat and hind head dusky red, belly reddish- 

 purple, wings and tail dusky glossed with blue; 9 "similar to that of 

 C. arnoena, hut distinguished by the absence of the two white bands on 

 wings, and by the legs being black." Size of the last. Mexico ; Cape St. 



Lucas. Bd., 503; Coop., 234 versicolor. 



Lazuli Finch. Adidt $ lazuli-ljlue, obscured on the back, the lores 

 black, the breast definitely brown, the rest of the under parts, and the wing- 

 bands, white ; tibire blue ; bill and feet dark. Size of the first. 9 plain 

 brown above, whitish below, the breast browner, the wings -with whitish 



