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forms peculiar to the Antilles ; but not a tenth of the species reach 

 even southern Mexico, and not a dozen appear in the northern 

 part of that country. Of the genus Pyranga, which has the most 

 northern range of all, three if not four species are common summer 

 immigrants to some part or other of the United States, and two of 



Lamprotes. 



(After Swainson.) 



Saltator. 



them, p. nibra and P. xsiiva, — there known respectively as the 

 Scarlet Tanager and the Summer Eedbird (p. 771), — reach even 

 the Dominion of Canada, visiting as well, though accidentally, 

 Bermuda. P. xstiva has a western representative, P. cooped, Avhich 

 by some authors is not recognized as a distinct species. The males 

 of all these are clad in glo"\ving red, P. rubra having, however, the 

 wings and tail black. The remaining species, P. ludoviciana, the 

 males of which are mostly yellow and black, Avith the head only 



CiSSOPIS PICATUS. 



Arremon. 



PiTYLUS FULIGINOSUS. 



(After Swainson.) 



SCHISTOCHLAMYS. 



red, does not appear eastward of the Missouri plains, and has not 

 so northerly a range. Another species, P. hepatica, has just shewn 

 itself within the limits of the United States. In all these the 

 females are plainly attired ; but generally among the Tanagers, 

 however bright may be their coloration, both sexes are nearly alike 

 in plumage. Little has been recorded of the habits of the species 

 of Central or South America, but those of the north have been as 

 closely observed as the rather retiring nature of the birds renders 

 possible, and it is known that insects, especially in the larval con- 

 dition, and berries afford the greater part of their food. They have 



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