l8o TANAGRID^ : TANAGERS. 



a few years before near Providence, R. I., by Mr. 

 J. W. P. Jencks, and of Merriam (Rev. B. Conn., 

 1877, p. 27), who mentions several Connecticut in- 

 stances, and pertinently suggests that the bird may 

 yet be found to breed in that State. The general 

 haunts and habits of the bird, as well as its nest and 

 eggs, resemble those of its near relative, the Scarlet 

 Tanager. 



LOUISIANA TANAGER. 



Pyranga ludoviciana ( Wils.) Rich. 



Chars. Male, adult : Bright j-ellow, with crimson head; the mid- 

 dle of the back, the tail, and the wings, black ; the latter with 

 two yellow bars. Female : Resembling that of /'. rtibra. but 

 distinguished by the wing-bars and other characters. Size about 

 that of P. rubra. 



A Rocky Mountain and Pacific species, whose oc- 

 currence in New England is purely accidental, like 

 that of Ttirdus ncBvius or Dcndrceca atidtiboni. It has 

 been found but once, at Lynn, Mass., Jan. 20, 1878, 

 when a living and undoubtedly wild bird was caught 

 in a cage, after a severe storm. The following rec- 

 ords all refer to this single case : Brezver, Forest and 

 Stream, March 14, 1878, p. 95 ; Allen, Bull. Essex 

 Inst., X, Apr., 1878, p. 37; Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc, 

 xix, May, 1878, p. 304; Brewer^ ibid., Apr., 1878, 

 p. 204. 



