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FRINGILLIN^. COCCOT HRAUSTES. 
of the neck, a portion of the breast, and the sides, dull reddish- 
orange ; the middle of the breast, axillars, and lower wing-coverts, 
light yellow ; back black, streaked with yellowish-red ; rump of 
the latter .colour ; two bands on the wings, the base and outer 
margins of the primaries, the tips of the secondaries, and a terminal 
patch on the inner webs of the outer three tail-feathers, white. 
Female with the upper parts light yellowish-brown, streaked with 
darker, the lower light yellowish-brown ; the axillars and lower wing- 
coverts light yellow ; white wing-bands narrower than in the male. 
Male, 8i, wing, 4i. 
Central Table-land of Rocky Mountains. Common. Migratory. 
Black-headed Grosbeals;, Fringilla melanocephala, Aud, Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 519. 
GENUS XVII. COCCOTHRAUSTES, Briss. GROSBEAK. 
Bill of moderate length, extremely robust, almost as broad 
as the head, not compressed, conical, pointed ; upper man- 
dible rather broader than the lower, with the dorsal line 
slightly convex, the ridge indistinct, the nasal sinus ex- 
tremely wide and short, the sides rounded, the edges sim- 
ply arched and a little inflected, the notches almost obsolete, 
the tip a little deflected ; lower mandible with the angle 
extremely short and wide, forming the fourth of a circle, 
the dorsal line straight, the sides at the base and in their 
whole length convex, the edges involute, the tip acute ; nos- 
trils basal, round. Plumage blended. Wings of moderate 
length, pointed, the outer three quills nearly equal, the se- 
cond longest. Tail of moderate length, emarginate. Tar- 
sus short, compressed, with seven scutella ; toes moderate, 
hind toe stout, broad beneath ; outer toe a little longer than 
the inner, and adherent at the base. Claws moderate, or 
rather stout, arched, compressed, acute. Upper mandible 
concave beneath, with three prominent lines. 
207. 1. Coccothraustes vespertina, Cooper. Evening Gros- 
beak. 
Plate CC CL XXIII. Fig. 1. Male. 
Plate CCCCXXIV. Fig. 5. Female. Fig. 6. Young Male. 
Male with the upper part of the head and hind neck black, bounded 
