Perching Birds Marked With Red 



607. Louisana Tanager (Tiranga ludovidana). L. 

 y.S- Ad. (^. Yellow; back, wings, and tail black, head 

 mure or less red. Ad. $. Above olive-green, head 

 rarely red-tinged; below dusky greenish yellow; wings 

 and tail brownish edged with greenish, two yellowish 

 white wing-bars. Yn^. c?. Like 9, but head and 

 rump greener, underparts yellower. Notes. Call, cHt- 

 tuck; song, resembles that of No. 608. 



Ran Re .—Western United States from the Plains to the Pacific; 

 bfeetls frtrni Aiizona 10 British CoJumrla; winters In Mexico and Cen- 

 lul Amerlfc;a. 



608. Scarlet Tanager {Piranga erythrotyidas) . L. 

 7.4. AJ. (f. Scarlet; wings and tail black. Ad. ¥■ 

 Ulive-green, yellower below, wings and tail blackish 

 brown, no wing-bars. yK?. c?. Like 9, but brighter, 

 wing-coverts black. Ad. ^, IVinter. Like Yng. i, but 

 wings and tail black. Notes. QaW, chip-churr; song, a 

 rather forced whistle, suggesting a Kobin's song, but 

 less musical. Look-up, way-up, look-at-m^, iyee-iop; re- 

 peated with pauses. 



Ran^e. — Eastern United Stales, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 Virginia and southern llllnui:^ north lu New Brui^:!^wick and Manitoba; 

 wliiiti^ 111 Ceiilrc^l and Si;iulh America. 



609. Hepatic Tanager (Piranga hepatica), L. 7.8. 

 Bill large. Ad. ^. Vermilion, back grayish;tail dull red. 

 Ad. 9- A'c! wing-bars; above grayish olive; crown and 

 tail greener; below dusky yellow. Yug. (f. Like 9 

 and variously intprmediate between it and ad. o ■ 

 Notffs. Cnll, clut-tuck\ song, like that of No. 608, but 

 somewhat more robii_i-like. 



Range. — From Guatemala north in spring to New Mexico and Arl- 

 zonj; winters In Mexico and Central America. 



6(0. Summer Tanager {Tiranga rubra) L 7.5; 

 W.3.8. Ad. ^. Rosy red. Ad. 9. Olive-yellow 

 above, dusky saffron below. Yng. (^. Variously in- 

 termediate between Ad. cf and 9, Notes, Call, 

 t^fo"C(6y-n(<:Aj)' iMcA; song, lesembles in form that of No. 

 608 But is more musical and less forced. 



Range.— Eastern Unite! States, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 Florida and wesEein Texas nonh lo southern New Jersey, southern 

 liijnuis, antl Kansas; wiutei:* in Central and Soutii America. 



610a. Cooper- Tanager {P. r. cooperi). Similar 

 to No. 610, but larger; W. 4; bill more swollen, colors 

 paler. 



Ringe. — '"Breeds from southwestern Texas to the Colorado Valley. 

 California, and I'rom Arizona and New Mexico to northwestern Mexico; 

 south In winter to western Mexico; casually to Colorado." 



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