WOODLAND BIRDS. 



67 



No. 70. 

 Family: Tanagridae 



SCARLET TANAQER. 



Genus: Piranga. 

 Species: P. erythromelas. 



Distribution: 



Common summer resident of southern New England becom- 

 ing much less so in the northern portions . 



Date of Arrival- 

 Middle of May. 



Date of Departure: 

 September. 



General Plumage: 



Male, bright red, wings and tail black. Female, upper parts 

 greenish; under parts yellowish. Bill and feet dark. 

 Length about 7.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A pleasing whistling warble and a low '' chip-churr.'' 



Haunts: 



A bird of the woodland and orchard . 



