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Identification Color Chart No. 2. 



GAUDY R.ED BIRDS. 



A. O. U. No. 595, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 {Habia hidoviciana). 



Eastern U. S. and southern Canada. Common Nest 

 of twigs in trees, bordering woods or streams. Song a 

 very brilliant and melodious whistle, always preluded witli 

 a sharp chip. White wing and tail bars very conspicuous 

 during flight. Female, a brownish bird with white mark- 

 ings and yellowish or rosy tint under the wings. Young 

 like the female. Length' 8 in. 



A. O. U. No. 593, Cardinal. {Cardinalis card- 

 inal is). 



U. S. east of the Plains and soutii of New England and 

 New York. Common. Nest of sticks in thickets and 

 bushes. Crested. Black mask around the bill. Length 

 8.5 inches. Female, yellowish brown, reddening on the 

 wings, tail, and crest. Subspecies. 593a. Arizona Card- 

 inal (C. c. superbas) Southern Arizona and Mexico. 593b; 

 St. Lucas Cardinal (C. c. igneus) Lower Calif. 593c; 

 Gray-tailed Cardinal. Southwestern Texas. 594; Texas 

 Cardinal {Tyrrhuloxia siiniata) Bill stouter and more 

 liooked than the Cardinal. Southwestern U. S. 594a; 

 Arizona Pyrrhuloxia (P. s. heckhami) Southern Ariz, and 

 western Texas. 594b; St. Lucas Pyrrhuloxia (7^. .■;. 

 pe}!iiisiilae) Lower Calif. 



A. O. U. No. 471, Vermillion Flycatcher {Pyro- 



cephalus nibineus mexicanus) 



Southwestern U. S. Female has a brownish back and 

 whitish underparts, streaked with dusky and tinged with 

 red. Quite common. Lengtli 6 inches. 



A. O. U. No. 610, Summer manager, (Piranga 



rubra). 



Eastern U. S. south of Mass. and New York and west 

 to the Plains. Color varies from rose red to vermillion. 

 The wings and tail inclined to be brownish. Female, 

 brownish yellow above and brighter below. Length 7 in. 

 Subspecies. 609 Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) Upper 

 parts brownish ashy tinged with red. Below, bright red. 

 Female yellowish. No. 610a, Cooper's Tanager (Piranga 

 rubra cooperi) A western form of the Summer Tanager. 

 New Mexico and Arizona. 



A. O. U. No. 608, Scarlet Tanager (Pirafiga 

 ervthromelas). 



Eastern U. S. and southern Canada. Entirely ver- 

 million except the black wings and tail. Female olive 

 above and yellow below. Length 7 inches. 



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