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of the United States . 
Inhabits near the Rocky Mountains, in summer: rare. 
164. Fringilla cfanea, Wils. Blue ; wings and tail-feathers 
black, edged with blue. 
Female, light flaxen, beneath and cheeks clay colour. 
Young and autumnal male, like the female, but more or 
less tinged with bluish. 
Indigo-bird , Fringilla cyanea , Wits. Am. Orn. i, p. 100. 
pi, 6. fig, 5. male ; and JYob. Am. Orn.ii.pl. n. fig. 3 . female* 
Inhabits all the United States during summer ; common : 
winters in Mexico. 
165. Fringilla ciris, Teram. Red ; head and neck above 
purplish-blue ; back yellowish-green ; wings dusky red ; 
lesser coverts purple ; greater, and tail, green. 
Female and young of the first season (the latter changes 
gradually until the fourth or fifth year), green-olive; beneath 
naples yellow. 
P ainted Bunting Emberiza ciris , Wils. Am. Orn. iii,p. 68. 
pi. 24. fig. l. male , fig. 2 . female. 
Inhabits the southern parts of the United States during 
summer; common in Louisiana and Georgia ; rare in North 
Carolina. 
ff Species forming the passage to Emberiza. 
166. Fringilla Americana, Nob. Breast, line over the eye 
and tit the lower angle of the bill, yellow ; chin white ; throat 
with a black patch. 
Female, without the black patch. 
Black-throated Bunting , Emberiza americana , Wils. Am. 
Orn. i. p. 54. pi. s- fig • 2 . 
Emberiza americana and Fringilla jlavicollis, Gm. Lath. 
Inhabits the United States in summer : common. 
167. Fringilla leucophrys, Temm. Head white, line sur- 
rounding the crown and through each eye black ; beneath 
pale ash ; vent pale ochreous. 
White-crowned Buntings Emberiza leucophrys , Wils. Am. 
Orn. iv.p. 49. pi. 31 .fig. 4. 
