RED TANAGE1V 

 (Tanagra rubra.) 



TA. rubra , alts caudaque nigris, rectricibus apice ctlbis. 



Red Tanager, with the wings and tail black, the tail-feathers 



tipped with white. 

 Tanagra rubra. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 314. 3.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 8S9.-Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 420. 3. 

 Cardinalis canadensis. Briss. Orn. 3. 48. 28. pi. l.f. 5. 

 Le Scarlat. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 245. var. ? 

 Scarlet Sparrow. Edwards. Glean, pi. 343. var. ? 

 Red Tanager. fen. Arct, Zool. 2. 237.-~La//i. Gen. Syn. 3. 



217- 3. 



THIS is the size of the Domestic Finch : the 

 male is six inches and a quarter in length ; his 

 beak is horn-coloured : the prevailing colour of his 

 plumage is pale dull red: his wing-coverts are 

 black, and the quills are brown, the two nearest 

 the body excepted, which are black ; all of them 

 have their inner margins white for the greatest 

 portion of their length from the base : tail black, 

 tipped with white: legs black: the female is 

 entirely of a greenish colour above, and yellowish 

 green beneath. Edwards describes a bird which 

 appears to be a variety of this, as it only differs in 

 wanting the white tips to the tail. It inhabits 

 North America, and is said to sing very agreeably. 



