. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. FBINGILLID^: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPABROWS, ETC. 389 289. 290. Z. ludovicla'na. (Lat. of Louisiana. Figs. 218, 249, ) .'^oxr; BEAK. Adu
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. FBINGILLID^: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPABROWS, ETC. 389 289. 290. Z. ludovicla'na. (Lat. of Louisiana. Figs. 218, 249, ) .'^oxr; BEAK. Adult $ with the head and neck all around and most of tlie upper jiarts black, the rump, upper tail-coverts and under parts white, the breast and under wing-coverts exquisite carmine or rose-red ; wings and tail black, variegated with white ; bill white; feet grayisli- bluc; iris brown. 9 above, streaked with blackish and olive-brfiwn or flaxen-brown, with median white coronal and superciliary line; below, white, more or less tinged with fulvous and streaked with dusky; under wing-coverts saffron-IIelloto ; upper coverts and inner quills with a white spot at end; bill brown. Young ^ at first resembling the 9 ; I'ut "the rose ccilor appears with the first full feather- ing. Two or three years are required to produce the perfect beauty. Sexes of same size. Length ; extent ; wing ; tail ; tarsus Eastern U. S. and British Provinces, N. to Labrador and the region of the Saskatche- wan ; W. in U. S. to the Red River Valley, and edge of the Missouri River pilains ; win- ters extralimital; breeds from the Middle States northward. A splendid bird! Few combine such attractions for the eye and ear. Nest in bushes and low trees, chiefly of root- lets and slender fibres; eggs 3-4, X , dull greenish, fully splashed and dotted with dark brown, laid in June. Z. melanoce'phala. (Glr. jxiXas, jxtKavos, melas, melanos, black ; Ke(pa\ri, lepliaJe,
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