BIRDS—SYLVICOLIDAE—PYRANGA AESTIVA. 301 
Sp. Cu.—Bill shorter than the head. Second quill longest: first and third a little shorter. Tail moderately forked. General 
color of male bright carmine. Wings and tail velvet black the quills internally edged with white towards the base. Female 
olive green above, yellowish beneath. Wing and tail feathe brown, edged with olivaceous. Length, 7.40; wing, 4.00; tail 
3.00. 
Hab.—Eastern United States to the Missouri river. 
The young males are colored like the females, but generally exhibit more or less of red 
feathers among the greenish ones. Sometimes the full plumage is varied by a few yellow 
feathers, or by olivaceous edges to the wings. Not unfrequently there is a partly concealed bar 
of red or yellow (1556) on the wing, across the median coverts. Young males are sometimes 
seen with the body like the female, the wings and tail like the male. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal.| Sex. Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig. |Vollected by—| Length.) Stretch | Wing. Remarks, 
No. lected. No. | jof wings 
| | 
1085 | CG | Carlisle, Pa.......00. June 30; 1843) Ss Fs Baird): ceed) .oeweslhiwaceceeeewes | 7.95 | 12.00] 4.50 
T4903 RG ees (SERGE RORAACED May 10, 1844]...... dOzscasseant|focse Mesaveseseseul TAOS. |PR1L,50)| 13-83 
TSOGM Ch P| enon = GOesecseeaceces May 22, 1844]....05 dOfssees seas sdestllessaeeacaseeas | 7.41 | 11.75] 3.91 
1425 | -Q |esese Ost eitevweweoe: May 2, 1844]...... do .teb ire. Aree error 7.00 | 13,25] 3.75 
7463 ie) OIO! Sercceisicccced: | sseslewen enns Dr. Kirtland)sccoci|ececes| -cosvesecesees [ieee wees | wee ees 
seeees Upionicoanty; Plsese. | ADM seiseee | «Re Bien niCotts <:</osi| <a ecie | aeictarare wale srareia's|| ciaislarerd'e’s!|(se a8 6.0; |sceistarees 
8306 fo) Independence, Mo. ..) May 27, 1857| Wm, M. Magraw.| 21 Dr. Cooper,..| 7.25 | 11.25] 4.00 
e331 | Jo June 3, 1857 |... dose cri BA ile dO. 7.50 | 12.00] 4.00 
8305 a May 27, 1857]...... GOezces deus 20' |weascdOwkeees 7.25 | 11.95] 4.00 
8233 fol May 29,1857) ...3. Oeste 44 ane cdOs scone 6.75 | 11.25] 4.00 
8380 | O June 20, 1857 }...... Oscar ataccretai tor Wa sas dieses 7.25 | -11,50:| 3.75 
8298 | O May 26, 1857 |...0.- dOsesohessse Ly Sea denen | 7.50 | 12.00] 4.00 
ax77_ | .| June 20, 1857 |...066 dOnewsseeee 79 ilkeanes do..... | v.12 | 11.75] 4,00 
8304 fot May 27; 1857 |2:000sdO.... -scene Dt Iscacod GO 'waraiarats | 7425 | 12:25) 4.25 tris brown, bill black and yel- 
low, feet gray......scessere 
8347 Cl lsccsacdOs ees cecsjeosssy ||OUnes1S, 1657; |t-<iss3 dO naive seicises GAN iI rteteisiot Ole 5 sistets | 7.00 W25;['\ 4500 4. seeing dO ..00 .200000+dOs veevee 
7026 | dO | St. Louiz, Mo........ May 8, 1857| Lieut. Bryan.....|..... W.S. Wood.|........ ltorcteatr| Hasson line sanoumeses ions swessecelaveen's 
PYRANGA AESTIVA, Vieillot. 
Summer Red Bird. 
Muscicapa rubra, Liyn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 326. 
Tanagra aestiva, Gmevin, 1, 1788, 889.—Witsoy, I, 1810, 95; pl. vi, f. 3—Avp. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 232: V, 1839, 
518; pl. 44. 
Pyranga aestiva, View.. Nouv. Dict. XXVIII, 1819, 291.—Bon. List, 1838.—Is. Conspectus, 1850.—Avp. Syn. 1839, 
136.—Is. Birds Amer. LI, 1841, 222 ; pl. 208.—Scxarer, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1855, 156.—Is. 1856, 123. 
Phoenisoma aestiva, Sw. Birds, Il, 1837, 284. 
Phoenicosoma aestiva, Capants, Mus. Hein. 1851, 25. 
2 Lowia virginica, Gmewin, I, 1788, 849. (Male changing.) 
? Tanagra mississippiensis, GMELIN, I, 1788, 889. 
Tanagra variegata, Latu. Ind, Orn. I, 1790, 422. (Male changing.) 
Tangare du Mississippi, Burron, Ois. V, 63; pl. enl. 741. 
Sp. Cu.—Bill nearly as long as the head, without any me ian tooth. Tail nearly even, or slightly round d. Male, ver- 
milion red ; a little darker above, and brightest on the head. Quills brown, the outer webs like the back. Shafts only of the 
tail feathers brown. Bill light horn color, more yellowish at the edges. Female, olive above, yellow beneath, with a tinge of 
reddish. Length, 7.20; wing, 3.75; tail, 3.00. F 
Hab.—South Atlantic and Gulf States, throug Texas, and south to Guatemala. 
The shade of red varies somew!iat in the specimen, the shade bing sometimes more rose. It 
is always quite different from that of P. rubra. The female lacks the pure olive and yellow 
