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RED TANAGER. 



(Tanagra rubra.) 



Ta. rubra] alls caudaque nigris, rectricihus apice nlbis. 



Red Tanager, with the wings and tail black, the tail-feathers 



tipped with white. 

 Tanagra rubra. Lin. Si/st. Nat. 1. 314. 3. — Gmel. Syst. Nat, 



1. 8S9. — Lath. Lid. Orn. 1. 420. 3. 

 Cardinalis canadensis, Briss, Orn, 3. 48. 28. pi. 2.f. 5. 

 Le Scarlat. Biiff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 4. 245. var. ? 

 Scarlet Sparrow. Edwards, Glean, pi. 343. var. ? 

 Red Tanager. J^en. Arct. ZooL 2. 237.^l,ath. Gen. Sijn. 3, 



217.3. 



This is the size of the Domestic Finch : the 

 male is six inches and a quarter in length : his 

 beak is horn-coloured : the prevailing colour of his 

 plumage is pale dull red; his wing- coverts are 

 black, and the quills are brown, the two nearest 

 the body excepted, which are black ; all of them 

 have their inner margins white for the greatest 

 portion of their length from the base : tail black, 

 tipped with white : legs black : the female is 

 entirely of a greenish colour above, and yellowish 

 green beneath. Edwards describes a bird which 

 appears to be a variety of this, as it only differs in 

 wanting the white tips to the tail. It inhabits 

 North America, and is said to sing very agreeably. 



