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forms peculiar to the Antilles ; but not a tenth of the species reach 
even southern Mexico, and not a dozen appear in the northern 
part of that country. Of the genus Pyranga, which has the most 
northern range of all, three if not four species are common summer 
immigrants to some part or other of the United States, and two of 
LAMPROTES, SALTATOR, 
(After Swainson.) 
them, P. rubra and P. xsliva,—there known respectively as the 
Scarlet Tanager and the Summer RepBIRD (p. 771),—reach even 
the Dominion of Canada, visiting as well, though accidentally, 
Bermuda. P. xstiva has a western representative, P. cooper, which 
by some authors is not recognized as a distinct species. The males 
of all these are clad in glowing red, P. rubra having, however, the 
wings and tail black. The remaining species, P. ludoviciana, the 
males of which are mostly yellow and black, with the head only 
PIryLus FULIGINOSUS. ScHISTOCULAMYs. 
(After Swainson.) 
red, does not appear eastward of the Missouri plains, and has not 
so northerly a range. Another species, P. hepatica, has just shewn 
itself within the limits of the United States. In all these the 
females are plainly attired; but generally among the Tanagers, 
however bright may be their coloration, both sexes are nearly alike 
in plumage. Little has been recorded of the habits of the species 
of Central or South America, but those of the north have been as 
closely observed as the rather retiring nature of the birds renders 
possible, and it is known that insects, especially in the larval con- 
dition, and berries afford the greater part of their food. They have 
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