TAN'ACIilD.K — TIIK TA.NA(iKlI.S. 437 



This species is cxtiviin'ly susccptililo to cold, and in luto and iinusuiilly 

 cliilly seasons l;ii;ue muuhers often jterish in tlieir more noilhein liaunls, as 

 Miissacliusetts and Nijrtliern New \'()ik. 



Tiie nests of tlie Scarlet Tana^ci' are Inult late in May, or early in Juno, 

 on tlie lioi'izontal l>rancli of a forest tree, usually on the. ed,n-e of a wood, hut 

 occasiomiUy in an orciianl. They are usually very nearly Hat, five or six 

 inches in diameter, and ahout two in height, with a dejiression of only ahout 

 half an inch. They are of somewhat irrej^iilar shape, or not (piite symmet- 

 rically circular. Their hase is somewhat loosely constructed of coarse stems 

 of ve«,'etrthles, strips of hark, and tlie rootlets of wooded ]ilants. f pon this 

 is wroui^ht, with more compactness and neatness, a framework, within which 

 is the linhig, of long slemh'r tihrous roots, inters] )ersed with which are .slender 

 stems of plants and a few strips of tine inner liark. 



Mr. Xuttall describes a nest examined liy iiim as composed of rigid stalks 

 of weeds and slender lir-twigs tied together with narnnv strijjs of Jjior//- 

 nuiii ami i)ea-vine runners, and lined with slender wiry stalks of the IliHan- 

 thcmum, the whole ;:>o thinly plaited as readily to admit the light through 

 the interstices. 



The eggs, four or five in inunl)er, vary in length from an inch to .90, and 

 have an average hreadth of .(Jo. Their ground-color varies from a well- 

 marked shade of greenish-hlue, to a dull white witii hardlv the least tinue 

 of blue. The spots vaiy in sixe, are more or less contluent, and are chielly 

 of a reddish or rufous brown, intermingled with a lew spots of a brownish 

 and obscure pur])le. 



Pyranga ludoviciana, I'.hnap. 



LOUISIANA TAKAGER. 



Tanagra ht(loi-i,-lti,i(i, Wii.sun, Am. Orn. Ill, IMl, •I'i. 1. xx, f. 1. - linN. Ohs, 1S26, 



it'i. — An.. Oni. liiiiK. IV, 1S:!S, 3S5 ; V, Is:!!', SKi, \\\. iv.liv, rr.'c. '/•■i,iinira 



{Pimnujii) hiiliii-ii-iiniit, I'MiNAi'. Syii. 1S'2S, Id'.. — Xi •irAr.l., lluii. I, \x:V>, 471. 



fin-i'iifin !ii</iirin'iiii<i, Itiii;. List. 1837. - linNAP. List, ls;iS. — Am. Syii. l.s:j<l, 137. 



111. r.inls .\iii. III. T<ll. -Jll, |il. ci'x. -- .Sci.Aiia;, I'l'. 'Aii<\. S,»: is.'.ii, 12."). - 



<'i Kir, Oiii. ('ill. I, ls7ii, II.".. Pitmihiii ( niHn'oiii^, Vii;ii.i.(.T, Xiiiiv. Diit. .\.\VIII, 



1.^10, •2!tl. (" Tiiiiifti-ii r,,lii„il,;,,ii(i, ,lAiai. cil. Wii.soii, I, .'iU," iic.i-oivliiig to .Si-lalci-, 

 lint I t'liiiiiot liiicl siuh MMiiii'.l 



Sp. CiiAi!. r.ill .shorter lliiin the lu'iid. T.iil .-iliulitiy forki'il : fiivt llirci. (niills nearly 

 eiinal. Muh: Vcllmv ; llic niiilillc (if llic hark, ihc wiiii;v. anil the liiil Mark IFeail ami 

 iicrk all iiiuiiil .-^l 11 ill Lily tiiii;-i'il willi rcil : ]yi\^\ so on llir .siile.s. .\ liiinil of vi'llow aiTo.-;.-! 

 till.' Miiclillc covnls. anil of yi'lli.wisli-wliili' ai-ro.^.s tlic .Li'iMitiT ones: the tiTlial.- aioi-c iw 

 le.ss c'llfTi'il wilh wliili,<li. /■'niKilr. Olivi'-uiTi'U aliovc, yclluwisli lii'iicalli ; tlir IralliiM-.s of 

 the inteisea|iiilar re.aioii iliisky, <inarj;iiiei| with olive. The wiiii;s ami tail lalher ilark 

 brown, the roriiier with the .-ianie mark.- a< the male. [.enL'th. T.'-'-'i : win^u. •'!.<'.i' ; tail, 2.8."). 



IIau. We.-itern iioilion.-; of Ciiileil Slii!e.<. Ironi the Mis.-couri I'lain.-J to the Paeilie; north 

 to Foit Liaril. south to ('ape Si. I.iira.s. Oaxai/a (Sei,.); ( iiialeinala (.-^ci,.); ( )rizalja (^ScL.) ; 

 Vela (Jruz (winter, Sc.MMiuiA.sr). 



