TA N A< ; i:i D.K — TIIK TA N A< i Ki:.' 



rO'") 



and iiloiiix si(if-. W iii»lc pil.-mii. Iioiii liiU !•> iiapf uii<l <lit\vii ti> tin- 

 uj»|>«-r «'(il:c «•! l<in'>, r\f<. ami ainii'iilars. wiiijjfs, iijukt tail-covi-ii-. aiiil 

 tail, (lark j>nii>Ii>li-r(ii. Whulr tlimaT <liliit<; VfiiiiiliMH. i>i- in>c-|iiiik 

 sharply (U'liiifil: frissiim ainl liiiiiii: <»^^\illgs a jiaK-r >liailf nl'thc same. 

 Wiiitr. '.U^'t ; tail. 2.1't: I'ill. rn»iii lutstiil, 4") ; its ck-plh at the l>aM'. .lo. 

 its breadth, .30 ; tarsus, .SO. //«/',. Yiitalaii. 



Pyrani:a rubra, \'iiii.l. 



THE SCARLET TANAGEB. 



Tunaynt nihni, Linn. I, 17«">'5, :>n. <1mi.i.in. i, 17S8, 8^i♦. — Wii.xtN, .\iii. Oiii. II, 

 Iblo, V2 \ pi. \i, I. :{, I. .\ri>. (>iii. ^.ilu^ IV, ls:js, :;.s^ ; j.l. < ccliv. I'l/ruii'j:' 

 rubra, ViKiLl.or, < )i.s. .\i.!. S.pi. I, lMt7, i\ ; pi. i. t. \'l (Il.;i<l.t. - Sw ains(»n, F. 

 Bor. Am. II. l>;il, 27:5. — 1><»n. Li>t. l^:;->. In. ('nii.sp.<tus, l>:»o. Aid. Syn. 

 lb3St, VSy\. — Ii;. liinls Am. II, 1S41, J-Jt! ; pi. «.i.\. Silatki:, Vy. /o.>1. So. . \>:>b, 

 1;">G. — ll!. K^r»0, 1-J:J. — Ma.\. < ah. .Icur. VI, !>:>>, •J7<>. — Sami lil.s, -J.'tl. l'/ia->iiso,H'i 

 ruhm, Sw. IJirds, II, 1>:57, '2^i. I'lnnnrnsihini rn'trn, ('a1'.. Mas. Iltiii. ls.'>l, -Jt. 

 I'l/idilijn ri-!///n-iinu/"S, \llM.\.n\; "ElKVc. Mt'th. >(MI."" - ht. Nuuv. Diet. XXVIII, 



1S17, 2d:i. 



Sp. ('iiAU. Bill shorter than the head. Sfc.iid «piill lniiu'-«'st : first ami third a little 

 shorter. Tail im><lerat»'1v rmked. Mo/r. Wimlr li.'ad and lin<ly contiiuutus. pure, intense 

 .scarlet, the leathers white heneath the surlat-M-. and -rayish at thf root-. Win^s and tail, 

 Avith the .seai)nlars. nnifonn int«Mise hlack : the tniddle-covrri- somrtnm's partly red, Wmn- 

 uvj an interrupted hand. Lininir «>f w in^^ white. A l'Iaiki>h tinvf aloni:- sides of the 

 rump, e«»nceale(l hy win _<:?<. Hill p<-a-.L;re<'n ; iris lu«>\\n; tarsi and toodiiil l)lne. Female. 

 Olivo-o-reen ahove, vellowish hcnt-ath. Win-' and tail fcathrrs l.row ii. e(l-cd with oliva- 

 ceous. Leniith, 7.40: winir. 4.00. tail. :).0H. 



IL\I5. Eastern Provinee North Ain.-rira. north to Winnepe^' (west to Kl Pa«o ? IfKKR- 

 maxn). In winter, south to Ecuador (liio Xapo. Sei..). Bogota (.Scl.) Cuha (ScL. 6: 

 Gi-Nni..): Jainai<a (Ser.. &: Gossi;j ; I'anaiua (L\wu.); Costa Riea (Lawi:.) : Vera Cruz 

 (winter, Simkiik.vst). 







At least tliree yt'ars seem to lu' re- 

 quired lor the as.siiiiij>ti(Hi n{' the per- 

 fect })hiiiia<4e of the male. In the first 

 year the yoniijjj male is like the female, 

 hut lias lilaidv witios ami tail ; in the 

 fall red leathers beuiii to make their 

 a])])earaiiee, timl the followino- spiiiii;" 

 the red ]»redomiiiates in ])atehes. 



llAurfs. 'i'he Si-arlet Tanat^er is one 

 of the most eonspienons and hrilliant 

 of all our summer visittints. Elegant 

 in its attire, retirinn and modest in 

 manners, sweet in sonii, and useful in 

 its destruction of hmtl'iil insects, it 

 well merits a cordial widcome. This 

 Tanaixer is distributed over a wide extent of territory, from Texas to Elaine, 

 and li-oui South (Carolina to the northern shores (d Lake Huron, in all which 



Pt/rnnsn hn/ni-irinna. 



