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EVENING GROSBEAK. 
the bases of the inner secondaries, black ; as is the tail ; sis of the inner 
secondaries, inner web of the nest, and inner margin of the rest, as well as 
their coverts, white, the basal part escepted. 
Length to end of tail 8 inches ; wing from flesure 43 ; tail 3 ; bill along 
the ridge f£, along the edge of lower mandible \\ ; tarsus ; hind toe T s ? , 
its claw ; middle toe T V its claw ft. 
Adult Female. 
The adult female, which is here figured and described from a specimen 
obtained from Mr. Townsend, and marked “ Black Hills, Female, June 3, 
1824,” wants the yellow band on the forehead, the streak of the same colour 
over the eye, the black line along the basal margin of the upper mandible, 
and the large patch of white on the wings. The bill and feet are as in the 
male, but paler. The upper part of the head is dark brownish-olive ; the 
cheeks lighter ; the hind neck, back, and scapulars light brownish-grev, with 
a slight olivaceous tint, shaded into brownish-yellow on the rump. The 
wings are black ; a portion of the edge of the wing, the tips and part of the 
margins of the secondary coverts, a concealed band on the basal part of the 
primaries, the outer three excepted, and the edges of all the quills toward 
the end, white, which is broader on the secondaries, and forms a band on 
them. Tail-coverts black, tipped with a triangular spot of white ; tail- 
feathers also black, with a white spot on the inner web at the tip, eight- 
twelfths long on the outermost feather, gradually diminishing towards the 
central feathers, which are slightly tipped. Throat greyish-white, margined 
on either side by a longitudinal band of black, from the base of the lower 
mandible, and ten-twelfths in length ; the lower parts yellowish-grey ; abdo- 
men and lower tail-coverts white, axillars and some of the lower wing- 
coverts yellow. 
Length to end of tail 7£ inches ; wing from flexure 4H ; tail 2ft ; bill 
along the ridge fA- 
Young Male. 
The young male bears a considerable resemblance to the female, differing 
chiefly in wanting the black bands on the throat, and in having the upper 
parts much lighter, and the lower more yellow. Bill yellow ; iris hazel ; 
feet flesh-colour, claws dusky. Head and cheeks light greyish-brown, the 
rest of the upper parts of a paler tint, slightly tinged with yellow on the 
margins. The wings and tail are black, as in the female, and similarly 
spotted with white, but tinged with yellow. The lower parts are yellow- 
ish-grey, the sides of the neck and the axillars pale yellow, the abdomen 
and lower tail-coverts white. 
The young male has been described as the adult female by Mr. Swainson 
in the Fauna Boreali-Americana, and has been made a distinct species by 
