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Tanager had been noticed by several observers 

 who considered it identical with the common Summer 

 Redbird, before its peculiarities were pointed out by Mr. Ridg- 

 way. The basis of his original description was a pair of adult 

 birds, male and female, which I collected on the Rio Grande, 

 near Albuquerque, in June, 1864: and from the same specimens 

 the handsome plates which illustrate Mr. Henshaw's report above 

 quoted were prepared. Dr. Cooper had previously foand the 

 bird to be u quite common" at Fort Mojave after the latter part 

 of April, among the tall cottonwoods along the Colorado River. 

 It has also been noticed in Arizona by Mr. Henshaw, who found 

 it on the Gila River, and among the San Francisco Mountains. 

 The bird unquestionably breeds in Arizona and New Mexico, 

 and in fact these Territories represent nearly its northern limit ; 

 Mr. Henshaw, however, records a specimen procured at Denver, 

 Colorado. Southward, the bird is said to extend along the west 

 coast of Mexico to Colima. The notes that we possess respect- 

 ing its habits are fragmentary 5 and, as far as they go, indicate 

 no difference in such regard from the ordinary Summer 

 Redbird. 



The Hepatic Tanager 



Pyrang-a hepatica 



Pyranga bepatica, Sw, "Philos. Mag. i. 1827, 438, n.71 ".-Scl. PZS. 1856, 124 (synonymy, 

 &c.) ; 1857, 213 (Orizaba) ; 1858, 303 (Parada) ; 1859, 364 (Xalapa) ; 377 (Oaxaca). 

 Bd. BNA. 1858, 302 ; atlas to ed. of 1860, pi. .-Kenn. PRRR. x. 1859, Whipple's Route, 

 Birds, 30, pi. 31 (San Francisco Mountains, Arizona). Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1859, 

 106 (New Mexico). 8. & 8. Ibis, 1859, 15 (Guatemala). Sel. PZS. 1864, 173 (City of 

 Mexico). Ooues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 71 (Fort Whipple, Arizona. In part; in- 

 cludes cooperi). Salv. PZS. 1867, 139 (Veragua). Ridgw. Pr. Phila, Acad. 1869, 132 

 (monographic). Coop. B. Cal. i. 1870, 144, figs. Coues, Key, 1872, 112, fig. 53. Brew. 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. xvi. 1873, 108 (eggs?). B. B. dk R. NAB. i. 1874, 440, pi. 20, f. 9, 10 ; iii. 

 1874, 508 (eggs?). Hensh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 108 (Southern Arizona). Hensh. 

 List R Ariz. 1875, 157. Hensh. Zool. ExpL W. 100 Merid. " 1875 " = 1876, 237. 



Piranga hepatica, Gray, Handlist, ii. 1870, 60, n. 6838. 



Phoenicosoma hepatica, Cab. Mns. Hem. i. 1850, 25. 



Phocn icosoma hepaticum, Qieb. Nomencl. Av. iii. 1876, 110. 



Pyranga azarae, Woodh. Rep. Zufii R. 1853, 82 (San Francisco Mountains, Arizona ; first 

 introduced to U. S. fauna. Not of authors). 



Tanagra dentata, Licht. " Mus. Berol." 



Liver-colored Tanager, Coop. 1. c. 



Hepatic Tanager, Coues, 1. c. 



HAB. Southern Rocky Mountain region of the United States (New Mexico 

 and Arizona). Southward through Mexico to Guatemala. 



CH. SP. $ 2 Rostro nigro-plumbeo, tomio maxillari dentato. 

 $ Dorso griseo-fusco rubricate, pileo brunneo-rubro, alls caudd- 

 que fuscis rftbro-limbatis ; infrct rubra, lateribus obscurioribus. 



