386 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



between tip of outer and 

 middle (longest) tail-feathers 

 equal to or greater than 

 length of hind-toe, without 

 claw. 

 s 1 . 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. 

 Peucasa. (Page 427.) 

 A 2 . 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 Euetheia. (Page 450.) 



Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES Bkisson. (Page 382, pi. CY., fig. 1.) 



Species. 



a 1 . 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. 1 ) 

 a*. Tips of four inner primaries of normal form. (Subgenus Hesperiphona Bonap.) 

 b 1 . 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. 



