SUMMER RED-BIRD/ ' 
."^HIS bird is copied from Edwards; v/ho 
ys, it was brought from Carolina, ■ and is 
gured of it's natural size by Catesby, in his 
lateral History of Carolina. 
: The description given of the Summer Red- 
rJird; by Edwards, is as follows — 
'** The bill is prettv thick, and strong ; of 
I yellow colour; hui longer, in proportion, 
h^n in those birds that crack seeds, &c. The 
eathers of the whole bird are of a beautiful 
•ed or scarlet colour ; except the tips of the 
rreater quills, which are of a dusky red: the 
:;overt-feathers, within-side the wings, are of 
a bright red ; the iasides of the quill-feathers, 
and the under side of the tail, are of a reddish 
I ash-colour. The legs and feet are of the 
usual make, and of a dusky brownish colour. 
My sul>je61: being dry," observes the, precise 
I: Edwards, I could not describe it's eyes. 
jCatesby says," adds he, however, " that it 
' has black eyes ; that it leaves Virginia and 
Carolina at the approach of winter; and, 
that the hens are brown, with a tinfture of 
