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SUBGENUS IV. COCCOTHRAUSTES. 
Coccothraustes , Cuv. Loxia, L. Gm. Lath . Genus Coe - 
sothraustes , Mj. Vieill. Section Laticones , Temm. 
Bill very robust, at base as wide as the front, slightly curved 
at tip, more or less turgid on the sides. 
187. Fringilla cardinalis, Nob, Crested, red, beneath 
brighter ; capistrum and throat black ; bill red. 
Female and young, drab ; beneath reddish-drab ; tip of 
the crest, wings and tail, red ; capistrum and chin, light ash. 
Cardinal Grosbeak , Loxia cardinalis , fVils. Am. Orn. ii. 
p. 38. pl» 11. fig . l. male , fig . 2. female. 
Inhabits from New-England to Carthagena, and in the 
West Indies ; more numerous east of the Alleghanies : com- 
mon and resident in the southern states, and in the lower parts 
of Pennsylvania. 
188. Fringilla vesperttna, Cooper. Front and line over the 
eye, yellow ; crown, wings and tail, black ; secondaries and 
inner great coverts, white ; bill yellow. 
Evening Grosbeak , Fringilla vespertina, Nob. Am. Orn . ii. 
pi. 14 . fig. 1 . 
Inhabits the North-western Territory and Canada. 
189. Fringilla ludoviciana, Nob. Black ; breast and inferior 
wing-coverts rosaceous ; belly, band on the wing, base of 
the primaries, and three outer tail-feathers partly, white ; bill 
white. 
Female and young, varied with pale flaxen, dark olive, 
and whitish ; no rose colour, and less white on the wings. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak , Loxia rosea ( ludoviciana ), Wils. 
Am. Orn. ii. p. 135. pi. 17 .fig. 1. male ; and Nob. Am. Orn. 
ii. p. 14. fig. 2. female . 
