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SUMMER TANAGER. 



THE whole of the plumage of this elegant bird 

 is of a fine red, with the wings and tail darkest 

 in colour: the legs are reddish, and the beak horn- 

 coloured. Du Pratz assures us that this species 

 will collect an immense quantity of maize together 

 against winter, and that it is so extremely careful 

 of its treasure as seldom to stir from the spot 

 where it is stored up, except to drink : it secures 

 this hoard, which has been known to equal a 

 bushel, by covering it with dry leaves, leaving a 

 small passage for itself to enter. It is found about 

 the borders of the Mississippi. 



SUMMER TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra aestiva.) 



TA. rubra, rostrojlavescente, remigibus intusjjiscis. 



lied Tanager, with the beak yellowish, and the quills withia 



brown. 

 Tanagra sestiva. Lath. Lid. Orn. 1. 422. 7. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 889. 



Muscicapa rubra. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 320. 8. 

 Muscicapa Carolinensis rubra. Briss. Orn. 2. 432. 37 

 Summer Red bird. Catesb. Carol. 1. pi. 56. Edwards. Glean, 



pi 239. 

 Summer Tanager. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 236. Lath. Gen. Syn. 



3. 220. 6. 



RATHER larger than the Domestic Finch : beak 

 yellowish : irides black: the whole of the plumage 



