PASSERES— TANAGRIDAK— PTRANGA LUDOVICIANA. 



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Fam. TANAGRIDAE: Tanageks. 



PYRANGA LUDOVICIANA (Wils.). 

 liouisiana Tanag^er. 



Tanagra lueloviciana, WiLS., Am. Oni., iii, 1811, 27, pi. xx, f. 1. 



Pyranga ludoviclana, Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 303. — Heeum., P. R. R. Rep., x, pt. iv, 

 1859, 52.— Xantus, Pioc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1859, 191 (Fort TejoD, 

 Cal.).— Coop. & Sucicl., P. R. R. Rej)., xii, pt. ii, 18G0, 182.— Hayd., Traus. 

 Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 1802, 101.— COUES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1866, 

 71 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.).— /rf.,i6, 1808,83.— CooPEK, Am. Nat., iii, 1809,33.— 

 Ill, Birds Cal., 1870, 115. — Allen, Bui. Miis. Comp. Zoiil., 1872, 175 (mount- 

 ains of Colorado).—CouES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 112.— AiKEN, Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., 1872, 198.— Merriam, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 078.— 

 Bd., Brew., & Ridg., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 437, pi. 20, f. 3, 4.— Yarroav & 

 Hensuaw, Rep. Oru. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 13.— Benshaw, 

 An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. ¥., xi, 1874, 5.— Id., An. List Birds Utah, 1872, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 43.— Jrf., Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, GO, 78, 117.— CouES, Birds Nortinvest, 1874, 83. 



In Utah, the Louisiana Tanager was met with but once, at Provo in 

 July. According to other observers, however, it is quite common, and 

 doubtless the reason it was not detected by us more frequently was owing 

 to the fact that our visits to the mountain districts were made too late in the 

 season, and after the bird had passed south. In 187iJ, in Southern Colorado, 

 the species was found in small numbers among the cottonwoods along the 



