Hudson 
Highlands. 
[52.2.] Piranga ludoviciana (Wils.). Louisiana Tanager. — On 
December 21, 1881, while standing on a high point beside the Hudson, at 
Fort Montgomery, New York, I noticed a bird flying strongly from the 
north. It alighted in a tree top near me, and appeared animated and shy; 
thinking it was about to fly away, I shot it at once, and it proved to be a 
young male Louisiana Tanager, in good plumage, and fairly well nour- 
ishedf. Measurements (No. 2244, E. A. M.) : length, 7.45; alar expanse, 
“•as; Wing, 3.62; tail, 3.00; culmen, .65; bill from nostril, .48; gape, 
•75i tarsus, .82; middle toe and claw, .80; middle toe without claw, .58; 
middle claw, .25 inch. Iris hazel. Bill with maxilla dusky brown, yellow- 
ish on edges, mandible yellow. Tarsi and toes bluish lead color. This" 
bird was in the plumage of the female, but careful dissection proved that 
it wasayoung male. Mearns, Auk.Vll. Jan. 1890. p. JT- J'4 
