CHAPTER XV 



A BRILLIANT PAIR 



THE SCARLET TANAGER 



" That is my beautiful red 

 l)ird! " cried Dodo, clapping 

 her hands. '' I never shall 

 forget the looks of his bright 

 red coat with black 

 sleeves and tails. 

 I saw a 

 sort of 

 green 

 bird in the same 

 tree, but it was so 

 different I never 

 thought it could 

 be his wife, till I 

 came to think — for the 

 green one stayed near the 

 nest when I came nearer 

 and looked up, Init the red bird flew away and hid 

 behind some leaves." 



" You are quite luck}^ to have seen a Scarlet Tanager 

 in his home woods," said the Doctor, " for he is a shy 

 bird who does not often venture to show his tropical 



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