T.\N.\(ii;il».K-TIIK TANAdKliS. 



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ill (lie SCllSdii t||,.y were In l.c seen ll.viim VCIT lirt ivcly llliuut ill (|llcsr, (if 



iiistrl Innd loi'tlicir yimiiii. On ihc Hull I. r, Inly li,. s;i\v ouc cairyiii^' ii Wdpiu 

 ill iU niiiiitli, slKiwiii- lliiit ils yniiii.i,' were tlu'ii lialdu'd i.iit. Diirinn tlic 

 l)iV('iliii,L;-sciis(iii llicy iiic niiii'li less .siiy, the males riv(|ncnily siitino- ,,ii sniiic 

 low liiiil), iviidcriii- the iici-lili(irliuiM| j(iy,,ii.s with tiicir (Icii-iiiriil iiii-Ni(ly. 



TJK'ir stDiiiaclis were ri.iin,! filled witli insects, ehielly e(.Ie(p|ptera ; aniuiiLf 

 tliese were many IVa-nieiits ol' th,. jar-e ,nn;eii /Ji'/irr.,/is, i\nmd nu U,,, 

 I'oiiglu.sis lii-livus. 



Dr. ('o()])er adds to tliis accuunl, that this liird arrives at I'u-vt Smnid 

 alidut May l.'), and liecomes a lomninn summer resident in W'ashin-ton Tur- 

 rilory, especially near the river-hanks and anidiin the juairies, <m which aro 

 roiiiKl deciduous lives, lie coin]iares its si.n-' to thai (.(' ils iilack-wiii-vd 

 naativc (/'. /vJ/jv^), hein- of a tew notes only, whistle,! in the manner Of 

 the Jiohiii, and .soimdin.u as if the liird were (|uile distant, when in reality 

 it is very near. Me met with these birds east of the llockv .Mountains anil 

 U]i to the -I'.Uh |iarallel. 



In Califoriiiii the same oliserver noticed their arrival near San Dieu'o, 

 in .sniull parties, aliuiil the l'4tli of April. Tlu! mah's c,Mue in advance of' 

 their mates, and are more bold and ccMispiciious, the femal.'s ]„-\nn ,a,.ely .seen. 

 lie saw none of them in the Coa.st Kan-e toward Santa Crii/, or at Santa 

 r.ar])iira, in summer, lie also found them in Septemlier, ISOd, in the hi-her 

 llocky Mountains, near the .sources of the Columliia, in lalitude 47'. hrthe 

 fall the youn- and the old a.s.sociate in families, all in the .same dull-nreenisli 

 lilumage, iV'edin-' on the berries of the elder, and other slirulis, without tlie 

 timidity they manifest in s|)rin,n-. 



]\rr. J. K. Lord states that lie did not once meet with this speeies west of 

 the Ca.scade Mountains. He found them on the Spokan I'laiiis ami at Col- 

 ville, where they arrive in June. Male birds were the tirst to be seen. On 

 their arrival they pereli on the to])sof the highest pine-trees, and eontinually 

 utter a low jiiercin,-- chirp. They soon after pair, and di.sa])pear in tlui forest. 

 Where they breed, .Mr. Lord was not able to diseover, though he soimlit liii^di 

 and low for their nests. As he never succeeded in findin- them, he eonjirc- 

 tnred that they must breed on the tops of the loftiest pine-trees. They all 

 leave in Se])teml)er, ])ut do not as.semble in iloek.s. 



The.se Tanairers breed at least as far to the .south as Arizona, Dr. Tones 

 having found them a suimner resident near Fort Whiiijile, thou-li rare. 

 They arrive there in the middle of Ajpril, and leave late in Se].teiiiber. 



]\rr. Salvin .states that this Tanager was found between tlie volcanoes of 

 Agua and Fuego, at an elevation of about five thousand feet. Sjiecimeiis 

 were also received from the A'era I'az. 



Specimens of this species were taken near Oaxaca, :\rexico, by ^h\ IJoucard, 

 where they are winter residents. 



.Mr. Itidgway writiis that he first met witli these Tanagers in July, among 

 the pines of the Sierra Xevatla. There its sweet song tirst attracted his 



