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[84.] 1. Pyranga rubra. (Swainson.) 



Scarlet Black-winged Tanager. 



Sub-family, Tanagrinae, Swains. Genus, (?) Pyranga, Vieillot. Sub-genus, 



Scarlet Sparrow. Edwards, pi. 343. 



Canada Tahager. Penn. Arct. Zeol., ii., p. 3G9, No. 237. Male. 



Olive Tanager. Idem, No. 238. Female and Young. 



Cardinal de Canada. Briss. Orn., iii., p. 348, pi. 2, f. 5. 



Scarlet Tanager. Wils., ii., p. 42, pi. 11, f. 3, male ; f. 4, female. 



Pyranga Erythropis. Vieil. Ency. Miih., p. 799. 



Tanagra rubra. Bonap. Syn., p. 105, No. 160. 





This splendid bird was seen by us on Lake Huron only; and its most northern 

 range is probably the forty-ninth parallel. Wilson's history of its manners, 

 wound up as it is with an elegant and tender compliment to his venerable friend 

 Mr. Bartram, is one of his happiest efforts, and leaves nothing to be added by 

 casual observers. — R. 



DESCRIPTION 



Of a male, killed at Penetanguishene, on Lake Huron. 



Colour of the whole plumage, except the wings and tail, most vivid carmine-red. Wing 

 coverts, posterior secondaries, and middle tail feathers, black ; the primaries, adjoining 

 secondaries, and lateral tail feathers, brown ; insides of the wings and tail beneath grey. 

 Bill pale horn-colour. Irides cream-yellow. Legs bluish-grey. — Form, typical. 



The male, after the autumn moult, is dappled with greenish-yellow. 



The female is green above and yellow below ; the wings and tail brownish-black, edged 

 with green. 



Dimensions. 





Inch. 



Lin. 





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Lin. 



Inch. 



L.n. 



Length, total 



. 7 







Length of bill from rictus 



. 



7£ Length of middle nail 



. 



n 



„ of tail 



. 3 







„ of tarsus . 







9 „ of hind toe . 







3* 



,, of wing 



. 3 



8 



,, of middle toe . 



. 



G\ „ of its nail 



. 



3 



„ of bill above 



. 



7 













2 N 



