Perching Birds Marked With Red 



607. Louisana Tanager (Tiranga ludoviciana) . L. 



7.5. Ad. (j\ Yellow; back, wings, and tail black, head 

 more or less red. Ad. $. Above olive-green, head 

 rarely red-tinged; below dusky greenish yellow; wings 

 and tail brownish edged with greenish, two yellowish 

 white wing-bars. Yng. cf. kike V, but head and 

 rump greener, underparts yellower. Notes. Call, clit- 

 tuck; song, resembles that of No. 608. 



Range. — Western United States from the Plains to the Pacific; 

 breeds from Arizona to British Columbia; winters in Mexico and Cen- 

 tral America. 



608. Scarlet Tanagerr/Yra//^? erj/thromelas) . L. 



7.4. Ad. c?. Scarlet; wings and tail black. Ad. $ 

 Olive-green, yellower below, wings and tail blackish 

 brown, no wing-bars. Yng. cT. Like ?, but brighter 

 wing-coverts black. Ad. $, Winter. Like Yng. 6, but 

 wings and tail black. Notes. Call, chip-churr; song, a 

 rather forced whistle, suggesting a Robin's song, but 

 less musical, Look-up, way-up, look-at-me, tree-top; re- 

 peated with pauses. 



Range. — Eastern United States, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 Virginia and scuthern Illinois north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; 

 winters in Central and South America. 



609. Hepatic Tanager (Piranga hepatica). L. 7.8. 

 Bill large. Ad. <$ Vermilion, back grayish; tail dull red. 

 Ad. $, No wing-bars; above grayish olive; crown and 

 tail greener; below dusky yellow. Yng. cf. Like 9 

 and variously intermediate between it and ad. rj\ 

 Notes. Call, clut-tuck; song, like that of No. 608, but 

 somewhat more robin-like. 



Range.— From Guatemala north in spring to New Mexico and Ari- 

 zona; winters in Mexico and Central America. 



6 10. Summer Tanager {Piranga rubra). L. 7.5; 

 W. 3.8. Ad. J\ Rosy red. Ad. ?. Olive-yellow 

 above, dusky saffron below. Yng. cj ] . Variously in- 

 termediate between Ad. <$ and V- Notes. Call, 

 ehiekv-luckv-titck; song, resembles in form that of No. 

 608 but is more musical and less forced. 



Range. Eastern United States, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 Florida and western Texas north to southern New Jersey, southern 

 Illinois, and Kansas; winters in Central and South America. 



610a. Cooper Tanager (P. r, cooperi). Similar 

 to No. 610, but larger; W. 4; bill more swollen, colors 

 paler. 



Range. "Breeds from southwestern Texas to the Colorado Valley. 

 California, and from Arizona and New Mexico to northwestern Mexico; 

 south in winter to western Mexico; casually to Colorado," 



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