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1. H. vespertina. £. Head olivaceous-sepia, with a yellow frontal cres- 
cent and a black occipital patch. 9 . Crown plumbeous-br'own ; a dusky 
11 bridle ” down side of the throat ; upper tail-coverts tipped' with a white 
spot. Length, 7.30; wing, 4.30. Nesting unknown. 
Yellow frontal crescent broad, as 'wide as the black behind it; inner 
webs of tertials partially black ; secondaries and inner webs of tail- 
feathers tipped with white. Sab. Northern mountain regions of 
United States and interior of British America. East to Ohio. (Even- 
ing Grosbeak?) var. vespertina. 
Yellow frontal crescent narrow, less than half as wide as the black 
behind it; inner webs of the tertials without any black; secondaries 
and inner webs of tail-feathers without white tips. Sab. Southern 
Rocky Mountains of United States, and mountains of Mexico. (Moun- 
tain Grosbeak.) . . . . . . . . . var. montana. 
2. H. abeillii. $. Head entirely black, sharply defined. 9 • Crown (only) 
black; no dusky “bridle” on side of throat; upper tail-coverts 'without 
white tips. Sab. Mountains of Guatemala and Southern Mexico. 
Genus PINICOLA, Yieill. (Page 43.) 
P. enucleator. Male. Bill and legs black. General color rose-red ; the feathers of 
back with darker centres. Lores, sides, abdomen, and under tail-coverts ashy. Two 
white bands on wing. Female. Ashy-brownish above, yellowish beneath ; top of head 
and rump gamboge-yellow. Length, 8.50 ; wing, 4.50. Nest on trees, of green moss. 
Eggs greenish slate-color, blotched with purple and brown. Sab. Boreal regions of 
Northern Hemisphere; occasionally south to Middle United States in winter. (Pine 
Grosbeak.) 
Genus PYRRECULA, Pallas. (Page 43.) 
P. cassini. Grayish-ashy above ; beneath more cinnamon. Tibise, crissum, rump, and 
patch in terminal half of outer tail-feathers white. Wings, tail (and its upper coverts), 
top of head, base of bill all round, and chin, lustrous black. A band of ashy-white across 
ends of greater wing-coverts. Bill black. Length, 6.50; wing, 3.55. Nest and eggs 
unknown. Sab. Alaska near Behring Straits. (Cassiris Bullfinch.) 
S Genus CARFODACUS, Kaup. (Page 44.) 
Species and Varieties. 
Common Characters. Males brown, with forehead, throat, and rump red; 
this color usually spreading over adjacent regions, so as sometimes to become 
continuous. Females without red. Both sexes more or less streaked. Nest on 
trees. Eggs blue, sparingly spotted with brown (sometimes also lined) chiefly 
around the larger end. 
A. Culmen only slightly curved. Tail and wing feathers edged with reddish in 
the male. 
a. £. Crown much brighter purple than the rump or throat. 9 . Without 
lighter superoral and maxillary stripes, the whole head being pretty uni- 
formly streaked. 
1. G. cassini. Crown bright crimson; rest of head, breast, rump, 
etc., much lighter purple-pink; loiuer tail-coverts with a shaft-line of 
