Perching Birds Marked With Red. 
607. Louisana Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana). L. 
7.5. Ad. g\. Yellow; back, wings, and tail black, head 
more or less red. Ad. @. Above olive-green, head 
rarely red-tingéd; below dusky greenish yellow; wings 
and tail brownish edged with greenish, two yellowish 
white wing-bars. Yuxg. 3. Like 9, but head and 
rump greener, underparts yellower. Notes. Call, clit- 
tuck; song, resembles that of No. 608. 
Range.—Western United States from the Plains to the Pacific; 
breeds from Arizona to British Columbia; winters in Mexico and Cen- 
tral America. 
* 608. Scarlet Tanager (Piranga erythromelas). L. 
7.4. Ad. 3%. Scarlet; wings and tail black. Ad. @. 
Olive-green, yellower below, wings and tail blackish 
brown, no wing-bars. Yug. ¢'. Like Y, but brighter, 
wing-coverts black. Ad. ¢', Winter. Like Yng. 8, but 
wings and tail black. Notes. Call, chip-churr; song, a 
rather forced whistle, suggesting a Robin’s song, but 
less musical, Look-up, way-up, look-at-me, tree-top; re- 
peated with pauses. 
Range.—Eastern United States, west to the Plains; breeds from 
Virginia and southern Illinois north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; 
winters in Central and South America. 
609. Hepatic Tanager (Piranga hepatica). L. 7.8. 
Bill large. Ad. 3g. Vermilion, back grayish;tail dull red. 
Ad. No wing-bars; above grayish olive; crown and 
tail greener; below dusky yellow. Yug. 3. Like 9 
and variously intermediate between it and ad. ©. 
Notes. Call, clut-tuck; song, like that of No. 608, but 
somewhat more robin-like. 
Range.—From Guatemala north in spring to New Mexico and Ari- 
zona; winters in Mexico and Central America. 
610. Summer Tanager (‘Piranga rubra) L. 7.5; 
W.3.8 Ad. g. Rosyred. Ad. 9. Olive-yello 
above, dusky saffron below. Yung. ¢'. Variously in- 
termediate between 4d. ¢' and Y. Notes. Call, 
chichy-tucky-tuck; song, resembles in form that of No. 
608 but is more musical and less forced. 
Range.—Eastern United States, west to the Plains;.breeds from 
Florida and western Texas north to southern New Jersey, southern 
Illinois, and Kansas; winters in Central and South America. 
610a. Cooper Tanager (P. 7. coopert). Similar 
to Ae 610, but larger; W. 4; bill more swollen, colors 
paler. 
Range.—'‘Breeds from southwestern Texas to the Colorado Valley, 
California, and from Arizona and New Mexico to northwestern Mexico; 
south in winter to western Mexico; casually to Colorado.’’ 
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