. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . General plumage, more or less blue. Blue Grosbeak. Guiraca No. 445. Linderparts, brownish white, tinged with blue on the breast; head, rumi),and lesser wing coveits, usually tinged witli blue. Blue Grosbeak. Guiraca caridca {female).See No. 445. 254 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. Part 2. The following species have no red, blue, yellow, or green onthe underparts : — Underparts, l>io\viiish white; crown and back, brownish gray, usually tingedwith more or less blue on tlie licad, r
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . General plumage, more or less blue. Blue Grosbeak. Guiraca No. 445. Linderparts, brownish white, tinged with blue on the breast; head, rumi),and lesser wing coveits, usually tinged witli blue. Blue Grosbeak. Guiraca caridca {female).See No. 445. 254 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. Part 2. The following species have no red, blue, yellow, or green onthe underparts : — Underparts, l>io\viiish white; crown and back, brownish gray, usually tingedwith more or less blue on tlie licad, rump, and lesser wing coverts; middlewing coverts, edged with rufous brown. Blue Grosbeak. Guiruca carulea (immalnrc).See No. ro\\lite Buutmg. Crown and back, black ; throat, black ; sides of body, rufous brown ; belly,white. Towhee Bunting. Iipilo cnjthrophthahnus (male).See No. 440. Head aud entire underparts, l>lack; atawny white jiatch on tlie back of theneck; back, black; rump, whitish.(This species belongs in the familyIcteridre (see Section 8), but to theuninitiated tlie bill has a slight re-semblance to birds in this class.) Bobolink. Dolichonyx No. 370. Crown, black, mixed with liufty white; a nuchal collar (l)ack of neck), chestnut:back, streaked; breast, more or less marked with bkick; belly, white; hindtoe nail, long. Lapland Longspur. Calcarius lapimnicus. See No. 404.
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