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D. S P. K. R. EXP. AND SUEVETS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



PYRANGA, Vie ill. 



Pijranga, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, iv.— Ib. Analyse, 1816, 32.— Sclater, Pr. Zool. Sac. 1856, 123. 

 Phoenisoma, Swainson, Class. Birds, 11, 1837, 284. 



Ch. — Bill somewhat straight ; 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 tl^e 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. 



l/'atiil. 

 No. 



Species. 



j Locality. , Sex. Length. 



1566 



do. 

 1435 



do. 

 8366 



do. 

 8267 

 9T.2 



8260 



82-ra.i 



560 I 



Pyranga rubra Carlisle, Pa ... o 



do do 



do ....do 



do I do 



Pyranga aestiva j Texas Q 



Q 



.do . 

 .do . 



.do .. 

 .do .. 



.do Zuiiimts.. 



s 



Pyranga ludoviciana . . . Posa creek. . .) c3* 



do Tejon valli'y 



Pyranga hepatica Zuni mts o 



Euphouia ek'gantissiina. ' Texas 



6.32 



7.41 

 6.08 

 7.00 

 6.30 

 7.00 

 7.20 

 7.60 

 6.62 

 6.54 

 7.50 

 4.88 



Stretch ' Winj 

 of wings. 



11.75 



I 3.68 

 3.91 

 3.70 

 3.75 

 3.68 

 3.75 

 3.81 

 3.96 

 3,70 

 3.50 

 3.90 

 2.70 



Tail. 



3.00 



3.20 



3.38 

 3.62 

 3 06 

 3.00 

 3.64 

 1.86 



Tarsus. Middle 

 toe. 



0.74 



0.78 



0.80 



0.80 ' 



0.76 



0.82 



0.54 



0.72 



0.76 

 0.72 

 0.75 

 0.76 

 0.72 

 0.60 



I ' 



(ts clawl Bill lAlong Specimens Remarks 



alone, above.' gape, measured. I 



0.22 



0.24 



0.22 



0.22 

 0.24 

 0.20 

 0.22 

 0.24 

 0.16 



0.63 



0.60 



0.70 



0.76 



0.84 



0.78 I 0.83 

 0.72 0.81 

 0.63 0.77 

 0.60 0.68 



0.72 

 0.27 



Dry ' 



Fresh....' 



Dry 



Fresh ...[ 



Dry , 



Fresh.... I , 



Dry 



Dry I Mounted . 



0.78 

 0.44 



Dry. 

 Dry. 

 Dry. 



PYKANGA KUBRA, Vieillot. 



Scarlet Tauager. 



Tanagra rubra, Linn. I, 1766, 314.— Gmelin, I, 1788, 889.— Wilson, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 42 ; pi. xi, f. 3, 4.— Ano 



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

 Pyrmiga rubru, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, iv ; pi. i, f. 12. (Head.)— Swainson, F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 273.— 



Bon. List. 1§38.— Ib. Conspectus, 1850.— Abd. Syn. 1839, 136.— Is. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 226 ; 



pi. 209.— Sclater, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1855, 156.— Ib. 1856, 123. 

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

 Phoenicosoma rubra, Cab Mus. Hein. 1851, 24. 

 Pyranga trylhromelas, Vieillot, " Encyc. Meth. 800."— Ib. Nouv. Diet. XXVIII, 1817, 293, 



