8 TANAGER. 



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A. — Cardinalis Mexicanus, Bris.Yn. 46. Id. 8vo. i. 316. 

 Le Souiriri rouge obscur, Voy. cTAzara,m. No. 189? 

 Mexican Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 219. B. Gen. ZooLx, 465. 



Bill cinereous ; irides white ; head, wings, and tail, the colour of 

 an amethyst ; neck behind green ; under parts of the body and rump 

 crimson ; Beginning of the wings green and red mixed ; scapulars 

 yellowish; each wing feather encompassed with a greenish hue, run- 

 ning down from the middle; tail paler towards the tip; legs cine- 

 reous, inclining to violet. 



Inhabits Mexico. I suspect this to be the same with Azara's 

 bird, which he says is seven inches and a half long, and twelve 

 inches in extent; eyelids white; head and neck above rufous brown; 

 wing-coverts black, edged with crimson; rump and under parts 

 crimson ; tail rounded ; feathers of the crown a little elongated ; on 

 the prime quills a spot of black near the ends. 



Azara observes, that his bird is found about Paraguay in spring, 

 but is rare, and the male and female much alike; seen on towers, 

 the tops of churches, or other tall buildings, chacing after swallows. 



7— SUMMER TANAGER. 



Tanagra eestiva, Ind. Oni. i. 422. Gm. Lin. i. 889. 



Muscicapa rubra, Lin. i. 326. Bris. ii. 432. Id. 8vo. i. 277. 



Fringilla rubra, Klein, 97. 4. 



Preneur des lnouches rouge, Buf. iv. 585. 



Summer Red Bird, Cat. Car. i. pi. 56. Edw. pi. 329. Am. Orn. i. pi. 6. f. 3. 4. 



Bartr. 288. 

 Summer Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 220. Arct. Zool.'n. No. 236. Shaw's Zool. x. 464. 



LENGTH near eight inches ; breadth eleven. Bill stout, a trifle 

 bent, enlarged in the middle, and black ; eyes large, black ; the 

 whole bird scarlet, brighter beneath, except the tips of the quills, 

 which are dusky red ; tail even, feathers rather pointed ; legs dusky. 



