596 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
between tip of outer and 
middle (longest) tail-feathers 
equal to or greater than 
length of hind-toe, without 
claw. 
s'. Tail double-rounded, but 
outer feathers much 
shorter than middle 
pair; graduation of tail 
less than length of ex- 
posed culmen, and tail 
exceeding wing by 
much less than length of 
bill from nostril... Me- 
lospiza. (Page 430.) 
s. Tail simply, but very much, 
rounded, the middle 
feathers longest or equal 
to longest, its gradua- 
tion greater than length 
of exposed culmen; or 
else tail exceeding wing 
by more than length of 
bill from nostril. 
Peucea. (Page 427.) 
?, Wing less than 2.25. 
P, Culmen strongly curved; bill broad as high at base. 
Sporophila. (Page 449.) 
P, Culmen nearly straight; bill much narrower than high at 
base sctscrsrrasevesesoniesteosnese Euetheia. (Page 450.) 
Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES Barisson. (Page 382, pl. CV., fig. 1.) 
Species. 
a. Tips of four innermost primaries much widened at end, the inner webs emargi- 
nate at tips, the outer webs somewhat recurved, or semifalcate. (Subgenus 
Coccothraustes.*) 
a’. Tips of four inner primaries of normal form. (Subgenus Hesperiphona Bonap.) 
bt. Adult male with head smoky olive, relieved by a yellow frontal crescent and 
blackish patch on crown; adult female with crown dull grayish brown, 
throat bordered along each side by a blackish streak, and upper tail- 
coverts tipped with white. 
Adult male: Crown blackish, bordered anteriorly and laterally by a 
1 The typical subgenus not represented in America. 
