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SINGING BIRDS — OSCINES. 



Genus PYRANGA, Vikillot. 



Pi/niiii/(i, Vikillot, Ois. Aiu. Sept. I. 1S()7, iv. 

 Phanisuiiiii, Swai.nson, Class Birds, ii. 1837, 284. 



Gex. CiiAU. Bill suiiiewhat straight ; sub-conical, ivliii(li-i('al, notched at tip ; ciilmcn 

 moderately curveil ; coininissiirc with a median acute lube. Wings elongated ; the luur 

 first primaries about equal. Tail moderate, slightly Ibrkcd. Colors of the male chielly 

 scarlet, of the fi'niale yellowish. 



Many species related to these iiiluiliit the tropics of America, ucarly all 

 of which have very l)rilliant plumage. 



Pyranga Cooperi, IUdgway. 



COOPER'S TANAGEE. 



Pijrnm/a a'sl!i;i, Cooper, Pr. Cal. Ac;ul. Sc. ISGl, 122. 

 Pi/raiii/a IiijHitica, CouKS, Pr. Acaii. Nat. Sc. Pliil. 18GG, 71. 

 Pi/niiu/a Cooperi, RiDGWAV, " " " 1809, 130. 



Sp. Cii.\r. ilak: Length, S.GO ; extent, 13.50; wing, 4.24; tail, 3.G8 ; bill (along cul- 

 men), 0.84 ; tarsus, 0.80. Generally rich pure vermilion, similar to that of P. a-stira, l)ut 

 brighter than in any Eastern examples of this, and less rosaci^ous than in Central American 

 specimens. Upper surliice less marked, purplish-dusky ; the head and neck above being 



ahruiitlv lighter than the back, in some specimens scarcely darker than the throat. Ex- 

 posed tips of primaries pure slaty-amber, each faintly margined tenninally with whitish. 



Female. Above, deep orange-olivaceous ; beneath, olivaceous orange-yellow, ])urest 

 meiliallv ; crissum ]iurc deep Indian-yellow, the inner webs of tail feathers margined with 

 the same. Distinct line of orange-yellow over lores. (Ridgway.) 



