264 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
General plumage, scarlet red: wings and tail, 
black; throat, not black (inale). 
Scarlet Tanager. 
Piranga erythromelas 
See No. 454. 
General plumage, red; no black on throat; wings and tail, not black; back, 
not streaked; belly, not whitish (male). 
Summer Tanager. 
Piranga rubra. 
See No. 455. 
Underparts, yellowish green, or greenish yellow ; back, grayish; greater wing 
coverts and tertials, edged with dull white, or yellowish white; mandibles, 
not crossed (female). 
Louisiana Tanager. 
Piranga ludoviciana, 
See No. 453. 
Underparts, yellowish green, or gieenish yellow; back, light olive green; no 
white on wing coverts; wings and tail, fuscous brown (female); wings and 
tail, black (young male); inner webs of inner primaries and secondaries, edged 
with white; mandibles, not crossed (female). 
Scarlet Tanager. 
Piranga erythromelas. 
See No. 454. 
No white on wing coverts; underparts, pale orange yellow; upper parts, 
olive green, with faint tinge of orange; mandibles, not crossed (female). 
Summer Tanager. 
Piranga rubra. 
See No. 455. 
Underparts, bright yellow ; throat, reddish orange; crown and sides of head, 
orange red; back, wings, and tail, black; rump, yellow (inale). 
Louisiana Tanager. 
Piranga ludoviciana. 
See No. 453. 
