A BRILLIANT PAIR 197 



THP: LOUISIANA TANAGER 



" Isn't this the one I saw in your ghiss 

 case, Doctor?" asked Rap with great 

 eagerness ; " I mean that one 

 like a Scarlet Tanager, 

 but not so red, more 

 of a rose-pink all 

 over, wings and tail 

 too.'.' 



" No," said the 

 Doctor pleasantly. 

 " That is a Summer 

 Tanager — the 

 only one I 

 ever saw in 

 this neigh- 

 borhood. It Louisiana TANAGER. 

 is so rare 



here that I shot it to make sure there was no mistake, 

 and you probably never saw one alive, for the Summer 

 Tanager is a tender bird, who seldom strays so far 

 north as this. But see — what do you think of this — 

 isn't it a beauty ? " 



So saying, the Doctor took out of his pocket a bird- 

 skin he had provided for the occasion, and the children 

 could not restrain their glee at the sight. 



'' Oh ! oh ! " exclaimed Dodo, clapping her hands as 

 she always did when excited; ''it's all gold and ruby 

 and jet. Where did you get it. Uncle Roy? " 



" A friend of mine sent it to me from Oregon," 

 answered the Doctor ; " he thought I would like to have 



