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Title: Birds of North Carolina
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 Brimley, Clement Samuel, 1863-1946 Brimley, Herbert Hutchinson, 1861-1946
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton printing co., state printers
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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lianan English Sparrow, whicli it resembles in the general appearance of the upper surface; markingsabove .somewhat similar. It occurs mainly west of the .Mlegh.any Mountains, but as C. A. Reed identified one at OceanView, near Xorfolk, Virginia, in the summer of 1907, wo maj expect to learn of its occurrence inNorth Carolina at any time. 46. FAMILY TANGARID/E. TANAGERS This is a large family of troijical American birds, a few sjjecies only occurringin temperate regions. The species are said to grade into the wood-warblers on theone hand, and into the finches on the other, some forms having stout bills andothers being ecjuipped with slender ones. Only a single genus occurs with us. Genus Piranga IVieill.) KEY TO SlEriES 1. Male scarlet, with black wings and tail: female olive-green, the wings and tail darker, under- pirts light greenish yc^Uow. Scarlet Tanagir.1. Male bright rose red, wings .and tail the same color; female brownish olive, dull yellowish below. Summer Tanager. Plate 19
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PAINTED BUNTING. Pas, I Linn.) Male and Female. Desceiptive List 257 z 253. Piranga erythromelas (VieiU.). Scarlet Tanager. Description: Ad. male in summer.—Bright scarlet, wings and tail black, under wing-covertswhite. Ad. male in winter.—Similar to the female, but wings and tail black. Im. male inwinter.—Similar to female, but wing-coverts black. Im. male in summer.—Similar to ad. malein summer, but primaries and secondaries as in winter. The adult summer plumage is acquiredat the second spring (prenuptial) molt. Ad. female.—Upperparts light olive-gieen; wings andtail fuscous, lightly margined witli olive-gi-een; underparts greenish yellow. L., 7.25; W., 3.75;T., 2.09; B. from N., .46. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) Range.—Eastern United States, wintering in West Indies, Mexico, and south. Range in North Carolina.—Migrant in the central part of the State, breeds in the mountains. fei

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