220 EVENING GROSBEAK. 



the bases of the inner secondaries, black; as is the tail; six of the inner 

 secondaries, inner web of the next, and inner margin of the rest, as well as 

 their coverts white, the basal part excepted. 



Length to end of tail 8 inches; wing from flexure 4|; tail 3; bill along 

 the ridge T f, along the edge of lower mandible T |; tarsus yf; hind toe -^, 

 its claw yf ; middle toe yg-, its claw ff. 



Adult Female. 



The adult female, which is here figured and described from a specimen 

 obtained from Mr. Townsekd, and marked "Black Hills, Female, June 3, 

 1824," wants the yellow band on the forehead, the streak of the same colour 

 over the eye, the black line along the basal margin of the upper mandible, 

 and the large patch of white on the wings. The bill and feet are as in the 

 male, but paler. The upper part of the head is dark brownish-olive; the 

 cheeks lighter; the hind neck, back, and scapulars light brownish-grey, with 

 a slight olivaceous tint, shaded into brownish-yellow on the rump. The 

 wings are black; a portion of the edge of the wing, the tips and part of the 

 margins of the secondary coverts, a concealed band on the basal part of the 

 primaries, the outer three excepted, and the edges of all the quills toward 

 the end, white, which is broader on the secondaries, and forms a band on 

 them. Tail-coverts black, tipped with a triangular spot of white; tail- 

 feathers also black, with a white spot on the inner web at the tip, eight- 

 twelfths long on the outermost feather, gradually diminishing towards the 

 central feathers, which are slightly tipped. Throat greyish-white, margined 

 on either side by a longitudinal band of black, from the base of the lower 

 mandible, and ten-twelfths in length; the lower parts yellowish-grey; abdo- 

 men and lower tail-coverts white, axillars and some of the lower wing- 

 coverts yellow. 



Length to end of tail 7| inches; wing from flexure 4^; tail 2y§; bill along 

 the ridge ff. 



Young Male. 



The young male bears a considerable resemblance to the female, differing 

 chiefly in wanting the black bands on the throat, and in having the upper 

 parts much lighter, and the lower more }*ellow. Bill yellow; iris hazel; 

 feet flesh-colour, claws dusky. Head and cheeks light greyish-brown, the 

 rest of the upper parts of a paler tint, slightly tinged with yellow on the 

 margins. The wings and tail are black, as in the female, and similarly 

 spotted with white, but tinged with yellow. The lower parts are yellowish- 

 grey, the sides of the neck and the axillars pale yellow, the abdomen and 

 lower tail-coverts white. 



The young male has been described as the adult female by Mr. Swainson 

 in the Fauna Boreali-Americana, and has been made a distinct species by 



