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Definition of Hepatic tanager

1. Noun. Common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hepatic Tanager

Literary usage of Hepatic tanager

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington, Smithsonian Institution (1908)
"~VA NEW RACE OF THE hepatic tanager. BY OUTRAM BANGS. Since first described by Swainson in 1827,* ... The new form of the hepatic tanager may be known as ..."

2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"hepatic tanager. Upper mandible with tooth-like projection on cutting edge. ... The hepatic tanager may be distinguished from the Cooper by its dull grayish ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Liver-colored tanager, the hepatic tanager.—Mississippi tanager, the summer tanager. Latham, 1788,—Red-breasted tanager, ..."

4. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"hepatic tanager. Ashy-red, or liver- brown, brighter red on the head and under parts; ... hepatic tanager. black, conspicuously toothed ; 9 like that of the ..."

5. Birds of the Colorado Valley ...: Scientific and Popular Information by Elliott Coues (1878)
"... and, as far as they go, indicate no difference in such regard from the ordinary Summer Redbird. The hepatic tanager hepatic* P) ranea ..."

6. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Nest on low limb of an oak, 4 feet above ground; of weeds and rootlets and very frail. Collector, AC White. 609. hepatic tanager. ..."

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