TANAGRID.i:; — THE TANAGKRS — TYRANGA. 



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anil aliilomon mcilially, rkh oranf;i>, most intLMisc, and tinged with orange chrome, on 

 tliroat. 



The red of this speeies is entirely ilitl'erent from tliat of any other, liaving a peeuUar 

 red-lead tinge ; it is also more restricted in extent than in any other species, except the 

 P. testacea. (Ridgwaj, MSS.) 



Hab. Southern Rocky Mountains of United States, and monntainous regions of ^lexieo. 



For tlie first iiitroduction of this species to th(^ fauna of the United States 

 we are indebted to Dr. Woodlionse, wlio olitained a specimen in the San 

 Francisco mountains of Arizona, and publislied it as P. azarcc. 



Pyranga Ludoviciana, ^Vilson. 

 THE LOUISIANA TANAGEB. 



Tanagrn Liidovirlaiia, Wilson, Am. ()rn. III. 1811, 27 ; pi. xx. f. 1. — Audchon, Orn. Biog. 

 IV. 1S.38, .385 ; V. 1839, 90 ; pi. 354, 400. — Tanagra [Pip-imtiii) Ludoviciana, Nuttall, 

 Man. I. 1832, 471, 2J cd. 543. — Pi/ranya Ludociciam, Avdvkos, Syn. 1839, 137. In. 

 Birds Amer. III. 1841, 211 ; pi. 210. — Sclater, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1856, 125. — Baird, 

 P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 303. — Heerjiann, X. vi. 52. — Cooi'ER and Suckley, XII. iii. 

 Zool. of W. T. 182. 



Sp. Cll.vn. Bill shorter than the head. Tail slij;htly lurked ; fir.<t three quills nearly 

 equal. Male, yellow ; the middle of the back, the wings, and the tail black. Head and 



neck all round strongly tinged with red : least so on the sides. A liand of yellow across 

 the middle coverts, and of yellowish-white across the greater ones ; the certials more or 

 less edged with whitish. 



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