SUMMER, CANADA, AND OLIVE TANAGEI^. 3% 



XXV. T A N A G E R. Gen. Birds. XLVIL 



Sammer Red-bird, Caujby, i. 56.— ^</w. 239. . ^^S, Summer." 



Mufcicapa rubra, Lin, Syjl. 326. — BriJJon, ii. ^'^z. "\ 



Tangara du Miflifipi, Ds Bujon, iv. 252. — PL Enl. ']\\^— Latham, ii. 220, 



T Wholly red, except the wings ; the ends of which are 

 o brown : bill yellows legs reddifh. Female brown, with a 

 tinge of yellow. 



Inhabits the woods on the Miffljlpi. Sings agreeably. Colleds, Place* 



againft winter, a vaft magazine of maize, which it carefull^y con- 

 ceals with dry leaves, leaving only the hole by way of entrance ; 

 and is fo jealous of it, as never to quit its neighborhood, except 

 to drink *. 



Scarlet Sparrow, Ediv. 343. ' 237. Canada. 



Tanagra rubra, Lin. SyJl. ^H.— Latham, ii. 217. N" 3. A<, 

 Tangara de Canada, De Buffbn, iv. 250. — PI. Enl. 156. 



'X' With a whitifh bill : head, neck, and whole body, of a bril- 

 liant fcarlet •, the bottoms of the feathers black : primaries 

 dufky J lower part of their inner webs white : tail and legs black ; 

 tips of 'the firft white j but that circumftance is fometimes wanted. 

 The fuppofed F£male is of a green color, light and yellowifh be- 

 neath. Size of a Sparrow. 



Inhabits from New York to the Brafils. In New York it appears Placb, 



in May, and retires in Augtiji. Is a very lliy bird, and lives in the 

 deepeft woods. 



'T^ With the head, whole upper part of the body, and coverts 238. Olivb. 



of the wings, of an olive green, fading into cinereous towards 

 the rump : wings and tail brown, edged with white : throat and 

 breaft of a fine yellow : belly white : legs brown. Wings and tail 



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