TANAaRID^ — THE TANAOERS. ^^l 



Female. Above ashy-Errecnish-olivacoous, brifj;htest on forehead ; edges of wing- 

 feathers, upper tiiiUeoveits, aiitl tail more ashy on the back; beneath nearly uniform 

 olivaeeo US-yellow, [Min'r medially ; lores ashy ; a supereiliary stripe of olivaceous-yellow^ 

 Yonny nude similar to the female, V»ut forehead and erown olivaceous-orange, briglitest 

 anteriorly; sui>erciliary stripe bright orange, whole tiu"oat, abdomen, and breast medially 

 rich yellow, most inte'use, and tinged with orange-chrome on throat. 



Hab. Mountain regions of Mexico and southern Itotky Mountains of I'nited States. 

 Oaxaca (Oct., Sclater) ; Xalapa (Scl.) ; Guatemala (Sclatek) ; Vera Cruz (not to alpine 

 regions, Sumichrast). 



This species dift'ers from all tlie others in the great ros-triction of the red ; 

 this being confined })rincipally tu tlie head al)ove, and median lower .snrt'ace, 

 the lateral and ni)per parts being quite difterent reddish-ashy. The sluuh' of 

 red is also peculiar among tiie North American species, being very line and 

 li'dit, of a red-lead cast, and most intense anteriorly. 



Habits. A single female s})ecimen in full plumage of this beautiful l)ird 

 was obtained by Dr. Woodhouse in the San Francisco ^Mountains of New 

 Mexico. It was an adidt female, and so far is the only one knt»wn to lia\ e 

 been found within tlie limits of the United States. It is not rare in tlie 

 highlands of Mexico, whence it probably extends into the mountainous por- 

 tions of the United States. 



Specimens have also been procured from Guatemala, and ^Ir. Boucard met 

 with it at Choapam, a mountainous district in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Nothing is known of its habits, 



Fyranga sestiva, var. sestiva Vieill. 



SVHMEB REDBIBD. 



Mtiscicapa rubra, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1, 1766, 326. Tanniiva ccstica, Omelix, I, 1788, 889. — 

 Wilson, I, 1810, 95, pi. vi, f. 3. — Arn. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 232; V, 1S39, 518, 

 pi. xliv. Pyranga ecstiva, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXVIII, 1819, 291. — Box. List, 

 1838. —Ib. Conspectus, 1850. —Arn. Syn. 1839, 136. —In. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 

 222, pi. civiii. — Sclater, Pr. Zotil. Soo. 1855, 156. — In. 1856, 123. — Baiud, Birds 

 N. Am. 1858, 301. — Heekmann, P. R. R. X, p. 17. — Ridgwav, Pr. A. N. S. 

 1869, 130. — Maynaul), Birds K. Mass. 1870, 109. Pho'iii.soma a^stiva, S\v. Birds, II, 

 1837, 284. Pheenicosoma a'sfivrt, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1S51, 25. ? Loxia virginica, 

 Gmelin, I, 1788, 849. (Male changing.) / Tnnagra mis-sissippiensis, Gmklix, I, 1788, 

 889. Pyranga missiHsippieufiis, Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, 272. Tanagra i-aricgata. 

 Lath. Ind. Orn. I, 1790, 422. (Male changing.) Tangare da Miasiimippi, Buffox, 

 Ois. V, 63, pi. enl. 741. 



Sp. Char. Bill ni'arly as long as the head, withont any mtHlJan tooth. Tail nearly 

 even, or slightly ronnded. Male. Vi'rniilion-rccl ; a little darker aliovt'. and brightest on 

 the head. Quills; brown, the outer webs like the back. Shafts only of the tail-leathers 

 brown. Bill light horn-color, niore vellowish at the edires. Female. OI've above, vcllow 

 beneath, with a tinge of reddish. Length, 7.20; wing, 3.75; tail, 3.0G ; cuhnen, .70, 

 tarsus, .68. 



Hab. Eastern Province f nited States, north to about 40°, through occasionally straying ai^ 

 far as Nova M-otia; west to l)orders of the plains. In winter, south through the whole of 

 Mid<lle Ame.ica (except the Paciiic coast) a^ fur as Ecuador and Peru. Cuba; .Jamaica. 



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