. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. LAZULIFINCII. the name of Spiza. As a species, it is more intimately allied to Frin- gilla ciris and n/anea,* which I stated in that paper to differ so much from their congeners, particularly in the greater curvature of the upper mandi- ble, as to deserve, perhaps, a separation into a small sub-genus by thccn- selves: this would unite Fringilla to Tanagra, as Sptza, on the other hand, shows its transition to Emberiza. ' • The Lazuli Finch is five inches and three-quarters long. The bi
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. LAZULIFINCII. the name of Spiza. As a species, it is more intimately allied to Frin- gilla ciris and n/anea,* which I stated in that paper to differ so much from their congeners, particularly in the greater curvature of the upper mandi- ble, as to deserve, perhaps, a separation into a small sub-genus by thccn- selves: this would unite Fringilla to Tanagra, as Sptza, on the other hand, shows its transition to Emberiza. ' • The Lazuli Finch is five inches and three-quarters long. The bill is formed like that of the Indigo-bird [Friugilla cyanea, Wiis.), but is einarginated near the tip, being horn color, as well as the feet; the irides are dark brown. The whole head and neck arc brilliant vordi- grise-bluo; the back is brownish-black, intermixed with blue, and a little ferruginous-brown ; the rump is pure verdigrise-bluo: the sup( rior portion of the breast is pale ferruginous; the lower part of the breast, the belly, and inferior tail coverts, arc white. The smaller wing coverts are blue; the middling coverts are blackish at base, and broadly tipped with white, forming a wide band across the w ing; the greater wing coverts are biackisii, obscurely margined with blue, and slightly tipped with white on the exterior web, constituting a second band across the wings paralk'l to the first, but much narrower ; the primaries and se- condaries arc blackish, obscurely margined with blue on the outer web; the under wing coverts are whitisli, a little intermixed with blue. The tail is slightly emarginated, the feathers being blackish, edged with blue on the outer web, and with white on the inner web at tip. The above descrijition of this hand.'^oine bird is taken from a male in summer plumage, the only specimen brought by Long's exploring party ; hence wo are unable to give any positive information relative to the fomalc and young, though from analogy we must believe
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