194 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL 



Plumage brownish, streaked with darker colour on 

 breast and sides. Young : With plumage browner. 



188. Scarlet Tanager. 



Length about 7J inches, tail about 3 inches long, 

 Adult male : Plumage scarlet, with wings and tail 

 black. Adult female : Above, olive-green, with 

 wings and tail more grayish ; below, light green- 

 ish-yellow. 



189. Summer Tanager. 



Length about 7j inches, tail about 3 inches long. 

 Adult male : Plumage vermillion-red, darker above. 

 Adult female: Above, olive-yellowish ; below, light 

 saffron-yellow. 



190. Purple Martin. 



Length about 8 inches, tail about 3J inches long y 

 and slightly forked. Adult male : General plumage 

 glossy blue-black. Adult female : Above, duller 

 colour than males, and with grayish borders to the 

 feathers ; below, grayish-white, with sides darker. 



191. Cliff Swallow. 



Length about 5J inches, tail about 2 inches long. 

 Above, glossy blue-black ; chin, throat and sides 

 of head chestnut, lower part of throat with a patch 

 of glossy blue-black. Young : Above, dull-blackish ; 

 chin and throat marked with white, chestnut mark- 

 ings much less than adults. 



