when a deep snow has covered the grontid they appear-tovloseall
sense of danger, a # %*#pr^&Mg-some f&Vd&ite food, may be
knocked d o w n e veil ^caught?'hf hand.whie busily
engaged infeeding. ^Ttfefr^mahh'er^ 'are-1# other respects very
similar to those offt^e cqmmoiif^K^bill, as degcigibeck by W ilso #
and they are said alst> H® ‘partake of the "fondneSs for saline
substances so remarkable in that species.-'
iI FEMALE INDIGO. FINCH.
^F M IN (H L L 4 , q r s ^ E J l.
f(#PlateJsy. F ig . 4.
I I See American O r n i t h o l o g y , PI. 6, Fig. 5, for the Male.
Tctnagra cyanea, Laps. Syst. 1,'m ^1-5;- Sp. feaflult male in fulPPlumag& ;
Emberiza cyanea, Gmbl. Syst. I,p . 8,76*, Sp. ,5 4 .^® * ,^ . Ind. p j l l |£ § p .* ^ ) v ,^
Emberiza cyandla, sfMm.. Mm. Qarls. II,<H^4%,4|:' ' Gmel. Syst. I, pA&J, Sp. 74.
Embenza ecerulea, (^ h t$ yM j^ T 8 7 6#. 'W h . Ind. p. 41'5," S]pS9»male in moult,
Tanagra ecerulea? Gmel. Syst. I, p . f | i , Sp. 27. LAtm Ind. p lf4 2 ^ p /-2 7 , adult male-,
Tanagra camlimnsis ecerulea, B riss. Am. m , p. li& p s. 6f adul( ifiale“in'rfull dress.
Emberiza canadensis ecerulea, Briss. Av. Ill, p ^ 2 |8 |S p . ' 12V PI. 14, Fig. % mate
moulting.
Passmna cyanea, Vie ill. Nouv. Diet. Brest. Nat.
Fnngilla cyanea, Nok 'Obs: Sp. 112. Ib. Cat. and Syncp. Birds^JE^Si^n. 16i.
Linaria cyanea, Bart. Trav. p. 296. I
Linaria ecerulea, the Blue Linnet, Catesby; Car. I, p: 45, PI. 45. *
Le ministre, B cff.O w. IV, p s
L’azuroux, B uff. Ois. IV, p»86& male moulting- •
Passe-bleu? Buff. Ois, IH, B^.495, adult male, in full plumage.
Moineau bleu de Cayenne f B uff.' PE eidils® fri^2, adtilt male irf fuU di-ess.
Blue Linnet, Enw. Av. IV, p’. 182, pit 2V£fi$wer figure.
Indigo Bunting, P enn. Arcf. Zool. IT, Sp.-, 235.. L ath. ‘H |. IV, p. 2Q5, Sp. |s :.
Blue Bunting, Peril Arct, Zool. II, Sp. 2^4. L ath. Syn. Ill, p . ^ | , Sp. 52;-male
• moulting. •
Blue Tanager? L ath. Syn. III,p. 234, Sp. 28.
• Philadelphia Museum, No. 6002, Mate; 6003,. Female.
!The remarkable« disparity' existing between the^Iumage of '"tile
different i&'exess- 0f--,the-.ctM'ihQn IUdigc^bMii^i-ettd.'^i it almost
indispensably requisite that the female, unaccountably neglected