BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



a reputation as do other tanagers, because he has a taste 

 for fruit — almost as reprehensible as horse- or cattle-steal- 

 ing in the west. 



Tanagers, however, are valuable insect-destroyers. 

 Our brilliant species deserves our whole-hearted protec- 

 tion, not only for aesthetic, but also for economic reasons. 



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