290 Dr> A. Hall on the Mammals and Birds 



T. rubra. Scarlet Tanager. 

 Pyranga rubra. Linn. ! Viell. 1 Baird ! 

 v.s.p. Bill horn coloured, black at the base ; legs and feet 

 bluish; irides deep hazel ; according to Nuttal " cream colour," 

 which I never observed, although I have inspected upwards of a 

 hundred specimens. Eggs 3 to 4, dull blue, mottled with brown- 

 ish purple towards the larger end. 



Dorsal aspect. Scarlet, varying in depth of tint from the 

 brightest to an orange; wings and tail black, the latter emargin- 

 ate. 



Ventral aspect. Scarlet, paler about the vent. 

 2nd primary longest ; 1st a little shorter than the 3rd. Length 

 6| inches ; alar breadth 11 inches. The young bird has some 

 touches of green about it, especially among the scapulars, and 

 the ventral aspect inclines to a yellowish tinge. 

 T. cestiva. Summer Redbird. 

 Pyranga oestiva, Gmel. ! Linn. ! Viell. ! Baird ! 

 V.S.P. Bill horn coloured, whitish where the mandibles meet ; 

 legs and feet greyish blue ; irides hazel ; eggs 4 to 5 light blue. 



Dorsal aspect. Crimson ; wings light brown, the edges of the 

 outer vanes margined with greenish yellow ; tail composed of 12 

 leathers ; the two external ones greenish yellow, the middle ones 

 crimson. 

 Ventral aspect. Crimson. 



Length from extremity of tail to beak YJ inches ; alar expanse 

 about 9 J inches. 



This is a beautiful bird but very rare. In all my rambles I 

 never met with it. The specimen before me, and which I have 

 described, is a young bird, shot by Mr. Hunter, taxidermist to the 

 Natural History Society, on the mountain. He wafe accompanied 

 by an associate which Mr. Hunter could not succeed in obtaining. 

 The old bird differs from the young one in having, according to 

 Audubon, " the tips and inner webs of the quills tinged with 

 brown." 



The adult female differs essentially from the male. Thus ac- 

 cording to the same authority, " the general colour above is light 

 brownish green, the sides of the head, and the under parts gen- 

 erally are brownish yellow ; large wing coverts dusky edged with 

 yellow ; quills deep brown, externally margined with yellowish 

 red ; tail feathers of the same colour," This with its congener 

 are our two most flashy birds. 



