70 BIRDS. 



Others, like our Pyranga, have stout conical bills and are 

 very closely related to the Finches. The single North 

 American genus has a stout, sparrow - like bill, notched 

 at the tip, and more or less evidently toothed or lobed 

 near the middle of the upper mandible. 



/. PYRANGA, Vieillot. FIRE TANAGERS. 



1. P. rubra, (L.) Vieill. SCARLETT A NAGER. 3 brilliant 

 scarlet; wings and tail black, no wing bars; $ clear olive 

 green; clear greenish yellow below; L. 7^; W. 4; T. 3. 

 E. U. S.; abundant in woodland; a respectable songster. 



2. P. asstiva, (L.) Vieill. SUMMER RED BIRD. $ 

 bright rose red throughout; wings a little dusky; $ dull 

 brownish olive, dull yellowish below; no wing bars; bill 

 and feet paler than in P. rubra; size of last. E. U. S., 

 chiefly southerly; N. to N. J. and Ills.; abundant. 



FAMILY XXIX. HIRUNDINIDJE. 



(TJie Swallows.) 



Primaries 9; bill " fissi rostral," i.e., short, broad, tri- 

 angular, depressed, the gape wide and about twice as 

 long as the culmen, reaching to about opposite the eyes. 

 Wings very long and pointed, the first primary usually 

 longest, and twice as long as the last; secondaries very 

 short. Tail more or less forked. Feet weak; tarsus 

 scutellate, shorter than middle toe and claw. Plumage 

 compact, and more or less lustrous. 



A very natural family of about one hundred species, 

 found all over the world. All are strong on the wing, 

 insectivorous, and usually migratory. 



* Plumage above more or less lustrous blue-black or green; no 



tarsal tuft nor recurved hooks on outer primary, 

 f Tail deeply forked ; outer feathers attenuate and blotched with 

 white HIRUNDO, 1. 



