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U. S p. E. K. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



PYRANGA, Vieill. 



P'jranga, Vieillot, Ois. An). Sept. I, 1807, iv.— ts. Analyse, 1816, 32.— Sclster, Pr. Zool. Sac. 1856, 123. 

 Phoenisoma, Swainson, Class. Birds, II, 1837, 284. 



Cii. — Bill somewhat straiglit ; sub-conical, cylindrical, notched at tip ; culmen moderately curved ; commissure with a median 

 acute lobe. Wings elongated ; the four first primaries about equal. Tail moderate, slightly forked. Colors of the male chiefly 

 scarlet, of the female yellowish. 



The rictus is well provided with bristles, which bend downwards, but if brought forward 

 would reach the nostrils. These are rounded, and are closely crowded by the frontal feathers. 

 The tarsus is shorter than the middle toe, scutellate anteriorly, and smooth on the sides behind. 

 The lateral toes are about equal ; the basal joint of the middle toe united for half its length to 

 the inner toe, and by almost the whole length to the outer. 



The species may be distinguished by the following diagnoses, borrowed from Mr. Sclater: 



Male. Bright scarlet red. Wings and tail black rubra. 



Male. Light red ; back a little more dusky. Bill light horn color, the edges and tips 

 paler , aesliva. 



Male. Dark scarlet red, tinged with ashy on the back and sides. Bill plumbeous black. 

 Feet brownish black hepatica. 



Male. Yellow ; The interscapular region, wings, and tail, black. Wings with two 

 whitish bands. Head and throat tinged with scarlet ludoviciana. 



Comparative measurements of species. 



PYRANGA RUBRA, Vieillot 



Scarlet Tannger. 



Tanagra rubra, Linn. 1, 176C, 314.— Gmelin, I, 1788, 889.— Wilson, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 42 ; )>l. xi, f. 3, 4.— Aop 



Orn. liiog. IV, 1838, 388 ; pi. 354. 

 Fyrangu rubra, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. 1, 1807, iv ; pi. i, f. 12. (Head.)— Swainson, F. Ror. Am. II, 1831, 273.— 



BoN. List. 1838^— Ib. Congpectus, 18S0 Aud. Syn. 1839, 136.— Ib. Birdi Amer. II, 1841, 236 ; 



pi. 20!).— ScLATEB, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1855, 156.— In. 185G, 123. 

 Phoenisoma rubra, Sw. Birds, 11, 1837, 284. 

 Phncnicosoma rubra, Cab Mus. Hcin. 1851, 24. 

 Pyranga erylhromelas, Vieillot, " Encyc. Moth. 800."— lu. Nouv. Diet. X.WIII, 1817,233. 



