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2. Wings and tail, along with back, lower parts and head red . . . 



Summer Tanager. 



2. Wings, tail and back black; under parts yellow, head red. . . . 



Louisiana Tanager. 



3. Wings with two yellow bands, or one yellow and one white; tail gray- 

 ish brown with yellowish olive-green edgings Louisiana Tanager. 



3. Wings without yellow bands (4) 



4. Under wing-coverts yellow, without dark outer margin : . 



Summer Tanager. 



4. Under wing-coverts white, with olive, dusky, or black exterior 



border Scarlet Tanager. 



607. *Piranga ludpviciana (Wilson) — Louisiana Tanager. 



A common summer resident and breeder on Pine ridge in north- 

 west Nebraska. 



608. *Plranga erythromelas Vieillot — Scarlet Tanager. 



A common summer resident and breeder in eastern Nebraska. 

 Arrives first week in May, breeds in June, departs in early September. 

 Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, West Point, Weeping Water, Neligh. 



610 Piranga rubra (Linnaeus) — Summer Tanager. 



A rare summer resident in extreme southeastern Nebraska. May 

 breed. Reported from Richardson county by Aughey and from 

 Douglas county by L. Skow and I. S. Trostler, the latter observing 

 a single specimen in July, 1894. 



Family HIRUNDJ.NID.ffi— Swallows 



1. Wing over 5 inches long; male shining blue-black; the female duller 



colored Purple Martin. 



1. Wing 5 inches or less in length (2) 



2. Tail 3 inches or more long, the notch more than an inch deep; 

 under tail feathers with white blotches; throat chestnut; back 

 lustrous steel-blue Barn Swallow. 



2. Tail 2$ inches or less long (3) 



3. Back with metallic luster or greenish (4) 



3. Back brownish, without lustre (5) 



4. Above lustrous green, beneath white. Tree Swallow. 



4. Above opaque velvety green, beneath white. . Violet-green Swallow. 



4. Above steel-blue; throat chestnut or black; upper tail-coverts 



redish Cliff Swallow. 



5. Breast brownish; belly and throat white Bank Swallow. 



5. Throat and breast brownish; belly white Rough-winged Swallow. 



611. *Progne subis (Linnaeus) — Purple Martin. 



Eastern half of state, common only eastwardly. Arriving about 

 first of April, breeding in the latter part of May and in June, depart- 

 ing in the middle of September. Omaha, Lincoln, West Point, 

 Norfolk, Callaway, North Platte, Broken Bow, Neligh. 



