Perching Birds Marked With Red. 



607. Louisana Tanager (Tiranga ludoviciana) . L. 

 7.5. Ad. c?. Yellow; back, wings, and tail black, head 

 more or less red. Ad. 9. 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. Like 9 , 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 Tanager (Piranga erythromelas). L. 

 7.4. Ad. (j\ Scarlet; wings and tail black. Ad. $. 

 Olive-green, yellower below, wings and tail blackish 

 brown, no wing-bars. Yng. $. Like 9, but brighter, 

 wing-coverts black. Ad. <J , Winter. Like Yng. 8, 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 southern 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. 9 . No wing-bars; above grayish olive; crown and 

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

 and variously intermediate between it and ad. <j\ 

 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. 



610. Summer Tanager {Tiranga rubra) L. 7.5; 

 W.3.8. Ad. $. Rosy red. Ad. 9. Olive-yellow 

 above, dusky saffron below. Yng. $. Variously in- 

 termediate between Ad. tf and 9- Notes. Call, 

 chicky-tucky-tuck; 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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