TANAGRID&, — CLXVIIL 291 
496. CALAMOSPIZA Bonaparte. (kdAayos, reed; omifa.) 
938. C. melanocorys Stejneger. Lark Buntinc. WHITE 
Wine Bracksirp. § black, with a large white wing-patch and 
white on quills; 9 streaky, like the 9 bobolink, known by the 
whitish wing-patch and long tertials. L. 64. W. 34. TT. 2%. 
Western plains, occasional E. (jéAas, black ; xdépus, helmet.) 
Famity CLXVII. TANAGRIDA. (Tue Tanacers.) 
Primaries 9; bill usually conical, sometimes depressed or atten- 
uate, the culmen curved; cutting edges not much inflected, some- 
times toothed, notched or serrated; tarsus scutellate ; legs short ; 
claws long. Colors usually brilliant. A large family of more than 
300 species, confined to the warmer parts of America, and embra- 
cing a wide diversity of forms. Some have slender bills and are 
scarcely distinguishable from the Warblers, and might well be re- 
ferred to the same family. Others, like our Piranga, have stout 
conical bills, and are equally closely related to the Finches. 
w. Bill stout, finch-like, considerably longer than broad, and more or less evi- 
dently tcothed or lobed near middle of upper mandible. Prranaa, 497. 
497. PIRANGA Vieillot. (S. Am. name.) 
939. P. rubra (L.). Summer Rep Birp. ¢ bright rose red 
throughout; wings a little dusky; 9 dull brownish olive, dull yel- 
lowish below ; no wing bars; bill and feet paler than in the Scarlet 
Tanager; size the same. E. U.S., chiefly S.; N. to N. J. and Ill; 
abundant. (Lat., red.) 
940. P. erythromelas Vieillot. Scarret Tanacer. ¢ bril- 
liant scarlet; wings and tail black; no wing bars; 9 clear olive 
green; clear greenish yellow below. L. 74. W. 4. T. 3. E.! 
N. Am., abundant in woodland; a most beautiful bird and a 
respectable songster. (é€pvdpds, red; péAas, black.) 
Famiury CLXIX. HIRUNDINID4). (Tue Swattiows.) 
Primaries 9, the first being obsolete; bill “fissirostral,” 7. e., 
short, broad, triangular, depressed, the gape wide and about 
twice as long as the culmen, reaching to about opposite the eyes, 
similar in its form to that of the Swifts and the Goatsuckers, with 
which birds the Swallows have no real affinity. Rictus without 
bristles; wings very long and pointed, the first primary usually 
longest, and twice as long as the last; secondaries very short. 
Tail more or less forked. Feet weak; tarsus scutellate, shorter 
than middle toe and claw. Plumage compact, and more or less 
lustrous. 
A very natural family of about 100 species, found in all parts of 
