264 KET TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



General plumage, scarlet red: wings and tail, 

 black; throat, not black (male). 



Scarlet Tanager. 



Piranga erythromela* 

 See No. 454. 



General plumage, red; no black on throat; wings and tail, not black; hack, 

 not streaked ; belly, not whitish (male). 



Summer Tanager. 



Piranga rubra. 

 See No. 455. 



Underparts, yellowish green, or greenish yellow ; back, grayish ; greater wing 

 coverts and tertials, edged with dull white, or yellowish white ; mandibles, 

 not crossed (female). 



Louisiana Tanager. 



Piranga ludoviciana. 

 See No. 453. 



Underparts, yellowish green, or greenish yellow ; back, light olive green ; no 



white on wing coverts; wings and tail, fuscous brown (female); wings and 

 tail, black (young male) ; inner webs of inner primaries and secondaries, edged 

 with white; mandibles, not crossed (female). 



Scarlet Tanager. 



Piranga erythromelas. 

 See No. 454. 



No white oa wing coverts ; underparts, pale orange yellow ; upper, parts, 

 olive green, with faint tinge of orange; mandibles, not crossed (female). 



Summer Tanager. 



Piranga rubra. 

 See No. 455. 



Underparts, bright yellow ; throat, reddish orange; crown and sides of head, 

 orange red ; back, wings, and tail, black ; rump, yellow (male) . 



Louisiana Tanager. 



Piranga ludoviciana. 

 See No. 453. 



