Blue Grosbeak, Fringilla cœrulea, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 140; v. v. p. 508. 205. 2. Coccoborus Ludovicianus, Linn. Rose-breasted Song-Grosbeak. Plate CXXVII. Male, Female, and Young. Male with the head, neck, fore part of back, wings, and tail, black; lower part of the fore neck, a portion of the breast, axillars, and lower wing-coverts, rich carmine; hind part of the back, two bands on the wings, bases of primary quills, tips of secondaries, and terminal half of inner webs of outer three tail-feathers, white. Female with the upper parts light yellowish-brown, streaked with darker, the lower yellowish-white, the sides of the neck, fore part of breast, and sides streaked with yellowish-brown; three white bands on the head; white wing-bands narrower than in the male; axillars and lower wing-coverts light buff. Young like the female. _Male_, 7-3/4, 13. Passes from Texas northward and eastward in great numbers. Breeds on the Missouri, in the Middle States, Newfoundland, and Labrador. Rather common. Migratory. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Loxia rosea, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 135. Fringilla ludoviciana, Bonap. Syn. p. 113. Coccothraustes ludoviciana, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, F. Bor. Amer. v. i. p. 271. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Fringilla ludoviciana, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 527. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Fringilla ludoviciana, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 166; v. ii. p. 513. 206. 3. Coccoborus melanocephalus, Swains. Black-headed Song-Grosbeak. Plate CCCLXXIII. Male and Female. Male with the head, cheeks, a small portion of the throat, wings, and tail, black; a band on the hind neck, the fore part and sides of the neck, a portion of the breast, and the sides, dull reddish-orange; the middle of the breast, axillars, and lower wing-coverts, light yellow; back black, streaked with yellowish-red; rump of the latter colour; two bands on the wings, the base and outer margins of the primaries, the tips of the secondaries, and a terminal patch on the inner webs of the outer three tail-feathers, white. Female with the upper parts light yellowish-brown, streaked with darker, the lower light yellowish-brown; the axillars and lower wing-coverts light yellow; white wing-bands narrower than in the male. _Male_, 8-1/2, wing 4-1/4. Central Table-land of Rocky Mountains. Common. Migratory. Black-headed Grosbeak, Fringilla melanocephala, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 519. GENUS XVII. COCCOTHRAUSTES, Briss. GROSBEAK.