CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 547 



8PIZA, Bonap. 

 S. amerioana, Gmel. Black-throated Bunting. 



Grayish, and streaked above; wing coverts chestnut; line 

 over eye, maxillary stripe, edge of wing, breast and part of 

 belly, yellow; throat patch black; otherwise white below; 

 female with little chestnut, and the black reduced to a few 

 streaks. Length, 6f inches ; tail, 2f inches. 



" Rare. Appears in meadow lands in May, but none probably 

 remain during the summer. Re-appears in September, and re- 

 mains for several weeks, in few numbers." 



S. townsendii, Aud. Townsend's Bunting. 



Upper parts, head, &c., slaty blue; no chestnut, and little 

 yellow or black. Only one specimen known, found in Eastern 

 Pennsylvania. 



OALAMOSPIZA, Bonap. 



'O. melanooorys, Stejn [bicolor.) Lark Bunting. White-winged Black- 

 bird. 



Male in summer black, with slaty tint ; white patch on wing ; 

 female, above brownish gray, streaked with dusky ; lower parts 

 white, streaked on breast and sides with, dusky ; patch on wing 

 smaller. In winter, male is like female, though the feathers on 

 belly show black beneath the surface when disarranged. Length, 

 7 inches ; tail, 3 inches. Inhabits the Great Plains ; accidental 

 east of Alleghanies. * 



Family TANAGRID^. 



PIRANGA, Vieill. 

 P. erythromelas, Vieill {rubra, L.) Scarlet Tanager. Fire Tanager. 

 Middle of cutting edge of upper mandible is toothed; male 

 brilliant scarlet ; wings and tail black ; no wing bars ; female 

 clear olive green above ; wings and tail grayish ; greenish yellow 

 below. Length, 7^ inches ; tail, 3 inches. Abundant in wood- 

 land. "A respectable songster." — Jordan. 



