. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations;. Birds. TANAGERS. 137 primaries, of which the first is spurious, and a notch in the bill. They are also crested, and in full plumage have curious wax-like appendages to certain quills, "and sometimes the tail-feathers " (pi. 1, figs. 10 and 11). They show an affinity to the Flycatchers, in their eminent skill in fly-catching,^ as occasionally displayed, and in their want of musical powers, for, though absurdly called " chatterers,"
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations;. Birds. TANAGERS. 137 primaries, of which the first is spurious, and a notch in the bill. They are also crested, and in full plumage have curious wax-like appendages to certain quills, "and sometimes the tail-feathers " (pi. 1, figs. 10 and 11). They show an affinity to the Flycatchers, in their eminent skill in fly-catching,^ as occasionally displayed, and in their want of musical powers, for, though absurdly called " chatterers," they are notably silent birds. Moreover, " their tarsus is not strictly ; They are gregarious. The common Cedar-bird may be taken as a type. I. PIHANGA. A. ERTTHEOMELAS. Scarht Tanoger. Though locally distributed, a generally common summer resident in southeru New England.*. Fig. 5. Scarlet Tauager. (^) a. About 7J inches long. ^, scarlet; wings and tail black. 5 1 olive green above; below, (a'reenish) yellow. h. The nest is loosely constructed of straws, twigs, etc., and is usually placed from ten to thirty feet above the ground. ^â ' It is to be remembered, however, that the birds of" many families are very skillful in preying upon insects in tlie air, scarcely less so than the true Fly- catchers. * A summer resident of the whole of New England, very common in most localities south of the northern border of Massachusetts, but fornid only spar- ingly and to some extent locally in the coniferous forests of northern Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. â W. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Minot, Henry Davis, 1859-1890. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin
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