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one was present in song on May 20. On 

 four occasions the visitant has been singing. 

 The eadiest appearance of the species was 

 on May 9, in 1907; the next eadiest on 

 May 10, 1900, and on May 12, 1908. The 

 later arrivals were on May 19 in 1903 and 

 1906. The latest remaining bird was one 

 which stayed from May 15 to 22, in 1905. 



On one occasion in the morning a beauti- 

 ful male bird sat singing on an elm bough 

 which extended well out over Beacon 

 Street, pouring out his song in the stillness 

 of an early hour while the residents still 

 slept. 



The visiting Grosbeak has been usually 

 a male bird. 



58. Scarlet Tanager 



Piranga erythromelas 



In every season, except 1903, the Scarlet 

 Tanager has been seen in the Garden. On 

 May 23, 1900, there was an exceptional dis- 

 play of scarlet plumage, when four male 

 birds during the hours of that day flew 

 back and forth among the branches of the 



