TANAGBID^, — XXVIII. 69 



black; L. 5; W. 2f ; T. 2^. E. U. S., southerly; N. to 

 L. Erie; a singular species. 



2. M. pusilus, (Wils.) Bon. Green Black-Capped 

 Fly-Catchixg Warbler. Clear yellow-olive; crown 

 glossy black; forehead, lores, sides of head and entire 

 under parts bright yellow; wings and tail unblotched; $ 

 with less black; L. 4f ; W. 2^; T. 2:^. U. S.; abundant. 



0. M. canadensis, (L.) Aud. Caxada Fly -Catching 

 Warbler. Bluish ash; crown speckled with black; 

 under parts (except white crissuui) clear yellow; lores 

 black, continuous with black under the eye, and this 

 passing as a chain of black streaks down the side of the 

 neck and encircling the breast like a necklace; wings 

 and tail plain; $ similar, with less black; L. 5^^; W. 2f ; 

 T. 2^. E, U. S., to the Missouri, frequent. One of the 

 handsomest W^arblers. 



J3. SETOPHAGA, Swainson. American Redstarts. 



1. S. ruiiciila, (L.) Sw. Redstart. Black; sides of 

 breast and large blotches on wings and tail o:ange-red; 

 belly white, reddish tinged; $ olive, similarly marked 

 with reddish yellow; L. S-j-; W. 2^; T. 2^. E. U. S., 

 very abundant. A handsome and active Fly-Catcher. 



FAMILY XXVIIL — TANAGRID.^. 



{The Tanagers.) 

 Primaries 9; bill usually conical, sometimes depressed 

 or attenuated, the culmen curved; cutting edges not 

 much inflected, sometimes toothed, notched or serrated; 

 tarsus scutellate. Legs short; claws long; colors usually 

 brilliant. A large family of three hundred or more 

 species, confined to the warmer parts of x\merica, and 

 embracino- a wide diversitv of forms. Some have slender 

 bills and are scarcely distinguishable from the Warblers. 



