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GENUS PYRANGA— VIEILL 



TANAGER. 



[Bill short, robust, tapering — upper mandible curved, notched at tip — nostrils 

 partly covered with feathers — head flattened above — neck short — wings rather 

 long — tail moderate, slightly emarginate — tarsi longer than the middle toes — 

 inner toe shorter than the outer ; claws much compressed, arched, acute.] 



PYRANGA RUBRA— LINN. 



SCARLET TANAGER. 



Scarlet Tanager, Tanagra rubra, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Tanagra rubra, Bonap. Syn. 



Scarlet Tanager, or Black-winged Summer Red Bird, Sw. & Rich. 



Scarlet Tanager. Tanagra rubra, Nutt. Man. 



Scarlet Tanager, Tanagra rubra, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Adult male Avith the plumage bright scarlet, 

 except the wings and tail feathers, which are black. Female with 

 the upper parts green, tinged with yellow ; lower parts dull yellow, 

 tinged with green ; wings and tail feathers brownish-black.— 

 Length six inches and a half, wing three and five-eighths. 



In winter, the male appears in the livery of the female. 



This splendid species is better known to many persons by the 

 name of " Fire Bird," or " Black -winged Red Bird." 



Early in the month of May, the Scarlet Tanager arrives from its 

 winter residence, which is said to be in Tropical America ; its mi- 

 gration extends to the northern limits of the Union. Its choice of 

 residence is the high, dry, timber lands. Although retiring in its 



