Indigo Bird

Indigo Bird (Cyanospiza cyanea), a North American bird of the Finch family (Fringillidæ), a native of the United States, as far north as the Missouri, which it visits in summer, and of Central America, where it spends the winter. It is about 5½ inches in length, of a beautiful blue colour, variously tinged and shaded. It frequents open places on the edges of woods, and has a very sweet song.