SUMMER TANAGER 



12. Piranga rubra rubra (Linnaeus) 

 Summer Tanager 



Length 172 mm. (6.80 in.); tail 71 mm. 

 (2. 80 in.). 



Male. Rose red, wings dusky, margined 

 with red; under parts brighter. 



Female. Yellowish olive green, lower parts 

 lighter and yellower. 



A winter visitor from the southern United 

 States; often seen in the shade trees around 

 houses, common in spring (April). I noted a 

 male at Quarry Heights during the midwinter 

 months for three successive years; one at 

 Patillo Point in March, 1926. 



13. Piranga erythromelas (Vieillot) 

 Scarlet Tanager 



Length 164 mm. (6.45 in.); tail 68 mm. 

 (2. 60 in.). 



Male. In summer, scarlet, wings and tail 

 black; in winter, similar to the female but 

 wings and tail black. 



Female. Olive green above; wings and tail 

 dusky; lower parts dull greenish yellow. 



A winter visitor from North America; appar- 

 ently not common. In winter plumage in the 

 Zone. 



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