BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 187 



Eah. — Chiefly Eastern North America, north to Fort Simpson, west 

 to Utah, south through Mexico and Central America to Ecuador ; West 

 Indies (Coues). 



Two in Mr. Bartram's jjossession, «hot by him near his house some 

 few years since. No others are on record. 



Family TANAGRID^. 



Sub-family TANAGRIN^. 



Genus Pyranga, Vieil. 



29. Pyranga rubra (Linn.) Vieil. Scarlet Tanager. 



Tanagra rubra, Linn., Gm., Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud. 



Pyrangarubra, Vieil., Sw. &Rich., Jard., Bp., And., Gir., and modem authors. 



Phomisoma rubra, Sw. 



Phoenicosoma rubra, Cab. 



Pyranga erythromelas, Vieil. * 



Length, 7.40 ; wing, 4.00 ; tail, 3.00. 



Hab. — Eastern Province of North America, north to Winnepig. 1 n 

 winter, south to Ecuador, Bogota, Cuba, Jamaica, Costa Eica, Vera 

 Cruz. (B. B. & R.) 



This handsome bird has visited the Bermudas on its vernal migration 

 on several occasions. Two or three examples were obtained in April, 

 1850; four were seen, and one shot, in May, 1851. Mr. Bartram has 

 several specimens, male and female, and obtained a splendid male near 

 his house early in May, 1875. One was seen aud nearly captured after 

 an exciting hunt by Lieutenant Deuison, R. E., at Somerset, on April 

 25, 1875. Mr. J. M. Jones informs me that a male was shot on the edge 

 of the lagoon at Ireland Island on May G, 1869; also that another ire- 

 quented a garden in Smith's Parish for several days at the beginning 

 of May, 1875. The female is such an obscure-looking bird that she 

 doubtless often escapes the notice invariably accorded to her brilliant 

 partner. There is no recorded instance of the occurrence of this species 

 on its south ward journey. Captain Rooke, Fifty-third Regiment, aud 

 I saw what we took to be a female Scarlet Tanager on October 17, 1874, 

 near Basden's Pond, but we could not get a shot to confirm our suspi- 

 cion. 



30. Pyranga cestiva, (Gm.) Vieil. Summer Red-bird. 



MuHcicapa rubra, Liun. 



Tanagra wstiva, Gm., Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud, 



Pyranga wstiva, Vieil., Bp., Lins., Woodh., Scl., and of late writers. 



Length, 7.20; wing, 3.75; tail, 3.00. 



