386 LOUISIANA TANAGER. 
Lourstana Tanacer, Tanacra Lupovicrana, Wils. Amer. Ornith. vol. iii. p. 27, 
pl. 20, fig. 1. 
Tanacra Lupovicrana, Ch. Bonaparte, Synopsis of Birds of United States, p. 105. 
Lovistana TanaGEr, WVuttall, Manual, vol. i. p. 471. 
Adult Male, in Spring. Fig. 1, 2. 
Bill rather short, robust, tapering, compressed toward the end, acute. 
Upper mandible with its dorsal outline declinate and slightly convex, 
the ridge rather narrow, the sides convex, the edges sharp, overlapping, 
with two slightly prominent small festoons about the middle, and a dis- 
tinct notch close to the tip, which is a little declinate. Lower man- 
dible strong, with the angle short and wide, the dorsal line straight, 
the back broadly convex, the sides convex, the edges sharp, the tip 
acute. Nostrils round, basal. 
Head rather large, ovate, flattish above; neck very short; body 
ovate, compact. Legs shortish; tarsus short, compressed, rather stout, 
with seven anterior scutella, and two lateral plates forming an acute 
edge behind; toes of moderate length; middle toe longer than tarsus, 
lateral toes much shorter and equal, hind toe stout. Claws rather large, 
arched, much compressed, acute. 
Plumage soft, blended ; feathers of the head stiffish with silky lustre, 
bristles at the base of the upper mandible small. Wings of ordinary 
length, the second quill longest, the first four having the outer web at- 
tenuated towards the end; secondaries slightly emarginate. ‘l'ail rather 
long, straight, emarginate, of twelve feathers. 
Bill dull greenish-yellow, brown along the ridge. Feet greyish- 
blue. The head all round is of a beautiful rich carmine, fading gra- 
dually on the nape, paler on the ‘throat and fading on the fore neck ; 
the rest of the neck, all the lower parts, two bands on the wing, formed 
by the middle coverts, and the extremities of the secondary coverts, 
togther with the rump and upper tail-coverts pure bright yellow. ‘The 
anterior half of the back, the scapulars, two bands on the wings, and 
the inner secondaries black, the latter broadly margined at the end and 
tipped with yellowish-white ; alula, primary coverts, and primary quills 
chocolate-brown, margined with yellowish-white; tail black, the fea- 
thers narrowly tipped with greyish-white, and slightly margined toward 
the end with yellowish-white. 
Length to end of tail 74 inches ; wing from flexure 374; tail 3; bill 
