From Texas to New Jersey, and up the Mississippi to Memphis. Rocky Mountains. Rather rare. Migratory.
Blue Grosbeak, Loxia coerulea, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 78.
Blue Grosbeak, Fringilla coerulea, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 529.
Blue Grosbeak, Fringilla coerulea, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 140; v. v. p. 508.
205. 2. Coccoborus Ludovicianus, Linn. Rose-breasted Song-Grosbeak.
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.
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.
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.