The Scarlet Tanager 89 



Kmbs of the white oak. Not many people are 

 blessed with such beautiful, interesting neigh- 

 bours. 



In the Southern States, one of the most fa- 

 miliar birds in the orange groves, orchards, and 

 woods of pine and oak, is the summer tanager, 

 another smooth-headed redbird, but without a 

 black feather on him. He is fire red all over. 

 Of the three hundred and fifty species of tana- 

 gers in the tropics, only two thjnk it worth 

 while to visit the Eastern United States and one 

 of these frequently suffers because he starts too 

 early. Suppose all should suddenly decide to 

 come north some spring and spend the summer 

 with us 1 Our woods would be filled with some 

 of the most brilliant and gorgeous birds in the 

 world. Don't you wish all the members of the 

 family were as adventtirous as the scarlet 

 tanager? 



