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mandibles black ; wings and tail brownish-black, the latter and the 
primaries edged with blue, the first row of small coverts and the secon- 
dary coverts tipped with reddish-brown. Female with the head and 
hind part of the back blue ; the fore part of the back brown, the wings 
and tail as in the male, the lower parts light greyish-brown, the sides, 
and fore part of the neck and the breast tinged with blue. Young yel- 
lowish-brown, lighter beneath ; the upper part of the head, the back, 
smaller wing-coverts, and upper tail-coverts tinged with dusky. 
Male, 74^ 11 • 
From Texas to New Jersey, and up the Mississippi to Memphis. 
Rocky Mountains. Rather rare. Migratory. 
Blue Grosbeak, Loxia coerulea, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 78. 
Fi’ingilla cosrulea, Bonap. Syn. p. 114. 
Blue Grosbeak, Fringilla coerulea, Ndtt. Man. v. i. p. 529. 
Blue Grosbeak, Fringilla coerulea, Aon. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 140 ; v. v, p. 508- 
205. 2. Coccoborus Ludovicianiis, Linn. Rose-breasted 
Song-Grosbeak. 
Plate CXXVII. Male, Female, and Young. 
Male with the head, neck, fore part of back, wings, and tail, black ; 
lower part of the fore neck, a portion of the breast, axillars, and lower 
wing-coverts, rich carmine ; hind part of the back, two bands on the 
wings, bases of primary quills, tips of secondaries, and terminal half of 
inner webs of outer three tail-feather.s, white. Female with the upper 
parts light yellowish-brown, streaked with darker, the lower yellow- 
ish-white, the sides of the neck, fore part of breast, and sides streaked 
with yellowish-brown ; three white bands on the head; white wing- 
bands narrower than in the male ; axillars and lower wing-coverts 
light buflP. Young like the female. 
Male, 7|, IS. 
Passes from Texas northward and eastward in great numbers. Breeds 
on the Missouri, in the Middle States, Newfoundland, and Labrador. 
Rather common. Migratory. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Loxia rosea, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 135 . 
Fringilla ludoviciana, Bonap. Syn. p. 113. 
‘ Coccothraustes ludoviciana, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, F. Bor. Amer. v. i. p. 271. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Fringilla ludoviciana, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 527. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Fringilla ludoviciana, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 166 • v. ii. 
p. 513. ’ 1 • • 
206. 3. Coccoborus melanocephalus, Swains. Black-headed 
Song-Grosbeak. 
Plate CCCLXXIII. Male and Female. 
Male with the head, cheeks, a small portion of the throat, wings, 
and tail, black ; a band on the hind neck, the fore part and sides 
