. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . 2. Female:length (skins) , wing , tail , bill . Distribution. — From Texas south to Central Mexico. GENUS PYRKHULOXIA. General Characters. — Head with conspicuous crest; bill very short,thick, and deep, culmen convex; wing short, much rounded; tail long,rounded. KEY TO ADULT MALES. 1. Ring around bill conspicuously marked with black . texana, p. Ring around bill rose red sinuata, p. 370. 594. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata Bonap. A
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . 2. Female:length (skins) , wing , tail , bill . Distribution. — From Texas south to Central Mexico. GENUS PYRKHULOXIA. General Characters. — Head with conspicuous crest; bill very short,thick, and deep, culmen convex; wing short, much rounded; tail long,rounded. KEY TO ADULT MALES. 1. Ring around bill conspicuously marked with black . texana, p. Ring around bill rose red sinuata, p. 370. 594. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata Bonap. Arizona Pyrrhuloxia. Bill short and parrot-like, yellow or orange in summer, duller in male : ring around bill, throat, breast patch, thighs, and under sideof wing light rose red; lateral under parts light gray ; tip of crest darkerred; ring around bill with only faint trace of black ; upper parts light graytinged with brown ; wings and tail blackish and dark red. Adult female :like male, but red of face and under parts wanting or only suggested;under parts buffy brown. Young male: like adult female, but paler, i. TEXAS PYRRHULOXJA FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 371 buffy below and on wing bands; median under parts and face more or lesstinged with red. Young female: like young male, but without red. Male:length (skins) , wing , tail bill . Fe-male : length (skins) , wing , tail , bill . Distribution. — Lower Sonoran zone from southern Arizona to westernTexas and northwestern Mexico. Nest and eggs similar to those of the cardinals, but eggs averagingsmaller. Though not so brilliant as the Cardinalis group, the Pyrrhuloxiaswhen among their native mesquites seem even more beautiful. Therose-colored vest that lights up their soft gray plumage gives anexquisite delicacy and freshness that adds charm to their individual-ity and sprightliness. Their expression changes astonishingly withthe movement of the
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