TAN'AdlMD.E — Till-: TANA(Ji:nS. 4,^7 



Tliis species is oxh'eniclv snscoptilile to culd, ainl in lato and iiiiusnally 

 cliilly seasons laiuc nuinlM'rs nlicn jteri.sh in tlieir more noitiarn liaunts, as 

 Massaeliiisotts and Xnitlicrn Nt*\v Vuik. 



The nests of llif Scarlt't I'ana^rr are l)nilt late in May, or curly in dune, 

 on llic horizontal l>ran<li of a forest trt'c, nsually on tlie ed^v ot a wood, l»ut 

 oeeasionallv in an orcliard. Thev are nsuallv wvv nearly thit, tive ur six 

 inches in diameter, and aliout two in height, witli a depression of only ahout 

 half an intdi. They are of sonu'what irre.nnhir shape, or not tpiitc symnut- 

 rically circnlar. Their l)ase is somewliat loosely constructed of coarse stems 

 of vej^etal)lcs, strij)s of l)ark, and the rootlets of \V(»oded jdants. V[»on tliis 

 is wrought, wit li more compactness and neatness, a framework, witliin wliich 

 is the lininii, of long slender tihroiis roots, interspersed w iih w hich are slender 

 stems of jdants and a few strips uf tine inner hark. 



Mr. Xnttall describes a nest examined l»y liini as comj)osed of ri;^dd stalks 

 of weeds antl slender iir-twi;^^s tied toucther with narrow stri]ts (»f ./y/'y//- 

 num and i)ea-vine runners, and lined with slender wiry stalks of the JliUdn- 

 thcmum, the Vvliole so thinly plaited as readily to admit the light through 

 the interstices. 



The eggs, four or five in nuniher, vary in length from an inch to .90, and 

 have an average hreadth of .«>•">. Their ground-color varies irom a well- 

 marked shade of greenish-hlue, to a dull white with hardly the least tinge 

 of blue. The spots vary in si/e, are more or less conlhient, and are chielly 

 of ti reddish or rufous brown, intermingled with a few .spots of a brownish 

 and obscure ]>urple. 



Pyranga ludoviciana, t.onap. 



LOUISIANA TANA6EB. 



Tonagrn /ic/urirni,,,!, Wii.sun, Am. Orii. Ill, l>n, -27, pi. xx, f. 1. linN. ( )l).s. 1>26, 

 9:,. __Aci>. Orn. r>i(»^'. IV, !>:;>. ;3s,5 . v, Is:'.'.', '.♦(>, j.l. crliv, .re-. r<i,in,jm 

 iPifnoKj't) Jntl„rir!iinn, linNAr. Syii. 1S2S, 10.',. — NriTAi.i., M;iii. I, 1 >.;•_', 471. 

 Piirtniqii hiihn-U-'uiiiii, \\\K\\. I.isT. 1S:57. - - I'iinat. List, ls;JS. — Ari». Syii. 1>;]S». 137. 

 li!. r.ii.ls Am. II!. 1^11. -JH, pi. .rx. --S( i.ATi:i:, !'r. Zo.-l. So,-. IS.".*;, 125.— 

 c.inir.i;, «^ni. ('ill. 1, 1>7", 11.'). P>n'ii»[i" crufhroiiis, ViKii.i.nr, Nouv. Di.t. XXVIIl, 

 1"^1'.', 2".'l. (*• T'liiit'iri mill nihliiii'i, .Takd. fil. Wil.'^oii, I, 317," acioi'liiig to Sclatt-r, 

 l>ut 1 caMiiot liiitl .■^luli iiMiiif.) 



Sp. Thai:. P,ill .shorter than the lu-ail. Tail sli'jhtly lorkr.l: first three (luills nearly 

 e(|ua1. M<iJ>\ Vt'llow: tht- iiijiMle i>|' ilic hark, the wiiiL:<. and tin- tail hlaek. Head and 

 neck all lound .<tron;^lv tiiip-d with reil : Ica.^T so on t1i<' sides. A hand of vi-llow aeiess 

 the niidillc ctivetts. ami of v«'ll(>\vi>h-\vhite across the i^ii-atcr ones: the tertials ninic or 

 le.ss cdifcd with whitish. F<ni<ili\ ( )liv('-L;i*-en ahovc, yellowish I'l-nrath; the feathers of 

 the inttT.M'ajtnlar rocrion dusky, siiart:ined with olive. The winus aii<l tail lathcr ilark 

 hrown. the former with the same marks a< the uiaU". Lenijfth. 7-'-."): wiiiir. ."l.tlo ; tail. 2.8'). 



IIab. Western [tortious of I'nited States, from the Missouri IMain.-* to the Pacific: north 

 to Fort Liard. soutli to Cape St. I.ueas. Oaxae-i (Sci,.): (ruati'iiiala (.^cl.) ; Orizaba (Scl.; ; 

 Vera Cruz (winter, Scmichkast). 



