392 SCARLET TA.VAGKR,
with seven anterior scutella, and two lateral-plates forming an ac-uto
edge behind ,vtoes of moderate l l lp|§i middle toe longeHhan the tarsus}
lateral toes much shorter andttpial, hind toe-aWut. inl aws rather
| a » p , arched," much compressed, acute.
Plumage soft and blended;- very small briifttes ait the base of ¿he,
upper mandible. Wings of ordinary length, the' seSond quill longest,
the first four having the outer web attenuated' toward the end
condaries slightly emargmate^ Tail rather straight, emargmate,
of twelve leathers.-
BE,dull greenish-yellow, brown above. Iris hazel. Feet groyishblug,
claws grovihli-yollow. The general colour of the plumage is pure
scarletj; the wiflgs and tail black; the axillar feathers, inner lower
wing-coYerts,1 and more or left of the inner webs of rieafly all the
quills, snjlig;'. ®
Length-to'end of tail 7 inches, to end of wings Ǥ, to end'6Maws
6f i extent of wings-11 f ; wing-team flexure 4 ^ ; tail2jS; bill along
the ridge: sf|, along the.-edge 'of lower mandible i f ; tarsus j hind toe
its claw f j : middle toe ft, its claw
Adult Female. Plate CCCMV. .ii%.4.
BiU and feet as in the male. The general colour of,the, upper
' is yelowish,green, tinged with grey, of the lower parts greenishyellow;
the feathers of the wings and tail greyish-brown, margined
with yellowish-green, the secondaries and tail-feathers narrowly tipped
with greyish-white, the lower wing-coverts and the edges of all the
quill* whi{ev.-1
Length to end of tail 6J inches, to end of wings- 5£, to end of claws
I .oxtorit'of wings .10f . . :
The young when, fledged resemble the female; the males, being,
however, distinguishable from the females; by their brighter tints.
The young male in ••luttmm, after the first moult, has the lower
parts of a much brighter yellow,.-the upper of a lighter green, but with
all the feathers having- a central black mark, those on the h.-ad oblong,
on the middle <if the- bark broad, on- the rmnp iine:ir. The wing-co.
verts are Hack; the quills and tail-feathers brownish-black, margined
with yellowish -green.
T ™ males in my possession, shot by I)r Tbddkau,, are remarkable.
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jfor having the. first row of: small coverts scarlet, forming a, conspicuous
band amidst, the black of the wing, and the lower wing-coverts
tipped and margined wijty the same. In all other respects, however,
these individuals agree with the others.
, An adult,-male examined. ,Tlie roof of the mouth is concave, with,
a median prominent ridge and two more prominent lateral ridges, be -
tween which and tjhe edges is. a broad groove for
the reception of the lower mandible. The tongue ,
is 6 twelfths long, deeply emargmate and papillate:
at the base,'flat above, with a median groove, the
tip horny and pointed, but terminated by several
flattened bristles or shreds, . (Esophagus, a I o, 2J
inches -long, its diameter 4; twelfths, until its entrance
into-the. thorax, when it contracts a.little.
Prpventriculus, b c, J inch long, and 3J twelfths in
diameter. The stomach, c dii, is a strung gizzard,
fi tvveli'ths long, 7 twelfths in breadtli, its lateral
muscles moderately thick : the epithelium rugous
and dark reddish-bnnvn. Intestine, f g h, 7£ inches
Jong, its average diameter 2f twelfths, its narrowest
part 2 twelfths. The rectum i j , 10 twelfths long ;
the cce.ca, i, § of a twelfth long, and j twelfth in
diameter. -J
The trachea is 2 inches long, its diameter 1..Îtwelfths,
and nearly uniform ; the rings about 60.
The contractor and sterno-tracheal muscles are
-slender : and there are four pairs of inferior laryngeal.
In a female the intestine is 7J inches long.
- The contents of me stomach m both were remains.
of insects and seeds.
The digestive organs of this bird, and probably of all the Tanagers
of the same group, are thus not essentially different from those of the
Passerine tribe, including Finches, Buntings, &c. The cesophagus has
a mora elongated dilatation than in most of the species of that tribe,
of which, however, the Corn Bunting of Europe is very similar in this
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