. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . south in winterto Cuba and eastern Mexico (Yucatan); breeds throughout itsUnited States range. Adult male: General plumage, dark blue; chin and region aboutbase of bill, black; wings and tail, blackish brown; middle andgreater wing coverts, tipped with chestnut, forming wing bars.(In assuming adult plumage the feathers of the back are edged withchestnut, and the feathers of under parts narrowly edged withwhitish). Adult female: Upper parts, brown, the head, clear brown, shadingto grayish brown on the rump; under parts, buffy brown, palest onthroat and be
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . south in winterto Cuba and eastern Mexico (Yucatan); breeds throughout itsUnited States range. Adult male: General plumage, dark blue; chin and region aboutbase of bill, black; wings and tail, blackish brown; middle andgreater wing coverts, tipped with chestnut, forming wing bars.(In assuming adult plumage the feathers of the back are edged withchestnut, and the feathers of under parts narrowly edged withwhitish). Adult female: Upper parts, brown, the head, clear brown, shadingto grayish brown on the rump; under parts, buffy brown, palest onthroat and belly; wing and tail, grayish brown, the greater andmiddle wing coverts, edged and tipped with tawny brown. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 611 Immature males at first resemble the female, but later assume amixed plumage of brown and blue. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .63. The Blue Grosbeak occurs in southern Illinois and is an accidentalstraggler in Wisconsin. Both Ridgway and Nelson state that it is. Blue Grosbeak. a rare bird in Illinois, even in the southern half of the state, but giveno definite records of its capture. W. W. Cooke says: In its mi-gration it reaches southern Illinois and southern Nebraska. (BirdMigration Miss. Valley, 1888, p. 218.) Kumlien & Hollister state: A rare straggler in Kumlien captured a pair near Lake Koshkonong in June, was also taken at least once by Dr. Hoy and there was also aMilwaukee specimen, which seems to have entirely disappeared.(Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 102.) Genus PASSERINA Passerina cyanea (Linn.). Indigo Bunting. Indigo Bird. Distr.: Eastern United States, from Kansas and Nebraska east-ward, north to Minnesota, Ontario and Quebec, and south in winterto Cuba and Central America to Panama; breeds from the Gulfstates northward. Adult male: General plumage, blue; clear indigo-blue on head,throat and breast; lighter blue on back and with the blue of theflanks t
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