. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . eak voices. Ourthree species are stout-billed,* migratory birds. Themales are mainly bright red, and without the crestwhich is so conspicuous on the cardinal grosbeak. Key to the Species * Male red, with black wings and tail, wings without wing bars; female, olive, with most under parts greenish-yellow 2. Scarlet Tanager. * Mate red throughout;/i^Hja/p, yellowish-olive, witii the uiultr parts buffy-yellow 3. Summer Tanager. * With yellow or yellowish wing bars 1. Louisi
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . eak voices. Ourthree species are stout-billed,* migratory birds. Themales are mainly bright red, and without the crestwhich is so conspicuous on the cardinal grosbeak. Key to the Species * Male red, with black wings and tail, wings without wing bars; female, olive, with most under parts greenish-yellow 2. Scarlet Tanager. * Mate red throughout;/i^Hja/p, yellowish-olive, witii the uiultr parts buffy-yellow 3. Summer Tanager. * With yellow or yellowish wing bars 1. Louisiana Tanager. 1. Louisiana Tanager ((JOT. Pirdnga luclovkiUna). — An ex-treme western species which has been recorded from a few ofthe Eastern States. It is a crimson-headed, yellow-bodied tana-ger, with the back, wings, and tail black; Aving with two yellowbars. Female, much like the female of No. 3, but with two light-colored wingbars. Size like thatof the other tana-gers. Western UnitedStates, from thePlains to the Pacific. 2. Scarlet Tanager(608. Firdufja eryth-rom^Ias). — A com-mon, summer, red-bodied bird, with. Scarlet Tanager black wings and tail, and no wing bars. Female, olive-greenabove, greenish-yellow below; blackish wings and tail. This FAM. XIII. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 109 brilliantly colored bird is found in dense woods, singing itsrobin-like carol in the tree tops. Length, 7; wing, 3| (3i-3|); tail, 3; culinen, f. The United States,from the Plains eastward; breeding from Virginia to New Brunswick,and wintering from Mexico to South America. 3. Summer Tanager (610. Pirdnga rubra). — A common, sum-mer, red bird of the south, without either crest on heador black on wings or tail. Female, brownish-olive above andbuffy-yellow below. This is a sweet singer in open woods,with notes which resemble those of the last species. Itscall notes are verypeculiar, and havebeen written cliicky- tucky-tuck. (Summer ^——^—-- ^■^*~ -^-ai Red Bird.) Length, 1\ ; wing, 3|
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