SCARLET TANAGER. 
On July 9th of the same year I obtained this lovely 
though incomplete melody: 
In comparison with the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, the 
Tanager is far better at pitch; one experiences no diffi- 
culty in locating the key, and although the intervals at 
times are a trifle obscure, a little patient study reveals 
their identity. That wide interval of a sixth in the last 
record is rather unusual for a Tanager, but it was given 
in this instance with unmistakable accuracy and empha- 
sis. Such a musical jump would not have been at all 
surprising coming from the Baltimore Oriole, for that is 
exactly the sort of thing he can do to perfection if a bird 
can do anything perfectly, but this happened to be a per- 
formance greatly to the credit of the Tanager; not every 
one possesses a voice with a compass of more than a mu- 
sical fifth, indeed, as a general rule most young birds 
keep well within the limit of a fourth, as the following 
representative record will testify: 
MYA ONI —NNN4 
But I havealso the song of a young Tanager whospanned 
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