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U. S p. B. E. EXP. AND SUEVETS^ZOOLOGT — GENERAL EEPOET. 



PYRANGA, Vieill. 



Pyranga, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, iv.— fB. Analyse, 1816, 32.— Sclater, Pr. Zool. Sec. 1856, 123. 

 Phoenisoma, Swainson, Class. Birds, U, 1837, 284. 



Ch. — Bill somewhat straight ; sub-conicaj, cylindrical, notched at tip ; culraen moderately curved ; commissure with a median 

 acute lobe. Wings elongated ; the four first primaries about equal. Tail moderate, slightly forked. Colors of the male chiefly 

 scarlet, of the female yellowish. 



The rictus is well provided with bristles, which bend downwards, hut if brought forward 

 would reach the nostrils. These are rounded, and are closely crowded by the frontal feathers. 

 The tarsus is shorter than the middle toe, scutellate anteriorly, and smooth on the sides behind. 

 The lateral toes are about equal ; the basal joint of the middle toe united for half its length to 

 the inner toe, and by almost the whole length to the outer. 



The species may be distinguished by the following diagnoses, borrowed from Mr. Sclater: 



Male. Bright scarlet red. Wings and tail black ; rubra. 



Male. Light red ; back a little more dusky. Bill light horn color, the edges and tips 

 pS'ler , aestiva, 



Male. Dark scarlet red, tinged with ashy on the back and sides. Bill plumbeous black. 

 Feet brownish black , Jiepatica. 



Male. Yellow ; The interscapular region, wings, and tail, black. Wings with two 

 whitish bands. Head and throat tinged with scarlet ludoviciana. 



Comparaiivfi measurements of species. 



PYEANGA EUBKA, Vieillot. 



Scarlet Tanager. 



Tanagra rubra, Linn. I, 1766, 314 — Gmelin, I, 1788, 889.— Wilson, Am. Orn. 11, 1810, 42 ; pi. xi, f. 3,4.— Add 



Orn. Bios. IV, 1838, 388 ; pi. 354. 

 Pyranga radra,' Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. 1, 1807, iv ; pi. i, f. 12. (Head.)— Swainson, P. Bor. Am. 11, 1831, 273.— 



Bon. List. 1838.— Ib. Conspectus, 1850.— Add. Syn. 1839, 136.- Is. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 226 ; 



pi. 209.— Sclater, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1855, 156.— Ib. 1856, 123. 

 Phoenisoma rubra, Sw. Birds, II, 1837, 284. 

 Phoenicosoma rubra. Cab Mus. Hoin. 1851, 24. 

 Pyranga erythromelas, VieilIiOT, " Encyo. Meth. 800."— Ib. Nouv. Diet. XXVIII, 1817, 293. 



