BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 187 
- Hab.—Chiefly Eastern North America, north to Fort Simpson, west 
to Utah, south through Mexico and Central America to Ecuador ; West 
Indies (Coues). 
Two in Mr. Bartram’s possession, shot by him near his house some 
few years since. No otbers are on record. 
Family TANAGRIDA. 
Sub-family TANAGRIN AS. 
Genus PYRANGA, Vieil. 
29. Pyranga rubra (Linn.) Vieil. Scarlet Tanager. 
Tanagra rubra, Lion., Gm., Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud. 
Pyranga rubra, Vieil., Sw. & Rich., Jard., Bp., Aud., Gir., and modern authors. 
Phenisoma rubra, Sw. 
Phenicosoma rubra, Cab. 
Pyranga erythromelas, Vieil. 
Length, 7.40; wing, 4.00; tail, 3.00. 
Hab.—Eastern Province of North America, north to Winnepig. In 
winter, south to Ecuador, Bogota, Cuba, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Vera 
Cruz. (B. B. & R.) 
This handsome bird has visited the Bermudas on its vernal migration 
on several occasions. Two or three examples were obtained in April, 
1850; four were seen, and one shot, in May, 1851. Mr. Bartram has 
several specimens, male and female, and obtained a splendid male near 
his house early in May, 1875. One was seen and nearly captured after 
an exciting hunt by Lieutenant Denison, R. E., at Somerset, on April 
25, 1875. Mr. J.M. Jones informs me that a male was shot on the edge 
of the lagoon at Ireland Island on May 6, 1869; also that another fre- 
quented a garden in Smith’s Parish for several days at the beginning 
of May, 1875. The female is such an obscure-looking bird that she 
doubtless often escapes the notice invariably accorded to her brilliant 
partner. There is no recorded instance of the occurrence of this species 
on its southward journey. Captain Rooke, Fifty-third Regiment, and 
I saw what we took to be a female Scarlet Tanager on October 17, 1874, 
near Basden’s Pond, but we could not get a shot to confirm our suspi- 
cion. 
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30. Pyranga estiva, (Gm.) Vieil. Summer Red-bird. 
Muscicapa rubra, Linn. 
Tanagra estiva, Gm., Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud. 
Pyranga estiva, Vieil., Bp., Lins., Woodh., Scl., and of late writers. 
Length, 7.20; wing, 3.75; tail, 3.00. 
