CHAPTER XV 



A BRILLIANT FAIR 



THE SCARLET TANAGER 



" That is my beautiful red 



bird I " 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 



g r e e n 



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, but the red bird flew away and hid 

 behind some leaves." 



" You are quite lucky 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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Scarlet Tanager. 



