APPENDIX A. 



HYPOTHETICAL LIST. 



This list includes those species which are believed to occur or to have oc- 

 curred in Ohio, but whose claim to admission rests only upon presumptive or in- 

 conclusive evidence, or whose status as species is not yet clearly established. 



No. I. 



BLUE GROSBEAK. 



A. O. U. No. 597. Quiraca caerulea (Linn.). 



Description. — Adult male : Prevailing color deep purplish ultramarine blue, paling some- 

 what on lower belly and crissum, where the feathers are narrowly tipped with white; lores 

 black; wings and tail blackish with blue edging, the former crossed by two transverse bars 

 of rufous formed by the tips of the middle and greater coverts, the posterior bar narrower ; 

 bill turgid, black above, paler, — dusky — below, lightening toward the tip ; feet blackish. 

 Adult female : Above rather light grayish brown, often with traces of blue ; wings fuscous, 

 the bars ochraceous-bufl ; tail fuscous, with some margining of bluish gray; under parts 

 pale fulvous or brownish buff. Young : Like adult female, but showing more ochraceovis. 

 Length 7.00 (177.8) ; wing 3.50 (88.9) ; tail 2.75 (69.9) ; bill .66 (r6.8) ; depth at base .55 

 (14.). Female somewhat smaller. 



Recognition Maries. — Sparrow size; prevailing color ultramarine blue without greenish 

 shade. Its larger size and rufous wing-bars will serve to distinguish it from the Indigo 

 Bunting (Passerina cyanea), which it somewhat resembles both in appearance and habits. 



Nest, of dried grasses, in tall weeds or bushes. Eggs, 3 or 4, pale bluish white. Av. 

 size, .82 X .65 (20.8 X 16.S). 



General Range. — Eastern United States from southern New Jersey, southern Illinois 

 and central Nebraska, south to Cuba and Mexico. Casually northward to New England. 



Supposed Occurrence in Ohio. — Reported as well seen by Laura Gano, College Hill, 

 Cincinnati, June 12, 1899. 



No. 2. 



PAINTED BUNTING. 



A. O. U. No. 601. Cyanospiza ciris (Linn.). 



Synonym. — Nonpareil. 



Description. — Adult male : Head and neck, except chin and throat, purplish blue ; 

 back of scapulars bright yellowish green; rump and upper tail-coverts purplish red; greater 

 wing-coverts parrot green ; middle coverts dull reddish purple ; lesser coverts dull purplish 

 blue; wing-quills dusky with purplish and green edgings; tail-feathers dark reddish or pur- 

 plish; under parts, including chin and throat, vermilion red; eye-ring vermilion; iris brown. 

 Adtd't female: Upper parts plain dull green; under parts olive-yellow, becoming clear 

 yellow posteriorly (Ridgway). Leng'th 4-7S-S-SO (120.6-139.7) ; wing 2.70 (68.6); tail 2.50 



(63.5) ; bill .42 (10.7)- , r < • , 



Recognition Marks.— Warbler size ; varied plumage of bright colors. 



General Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf States to western Texas, north to North 



Carolina and southern Illinois, and south to Panama. 



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