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branches of trees : they are rarely seen on the ground. 

 Some of the species have great vocal powers : one, the 

 ORGANIST TANAGER (Euphonia musica), derives its 

 name from its rich full notes. 



The SCARLET TANAGER (Pyranga or Tanager 

 rubra) is best known in England. It is a summer 

 visitor to the United States. During the breeding 

 season the male is of a brilliant scarlet, with wings and 

 tail black : the latter forked and tipped with white. 

 In autumn he moults, and appears for some months in 

 a green dress tinged with yellow, and dusky brown 

 wings and tail ; the ordinary plumage of the female. 

 These birds are about six or seven inches long, and 

 have very short wings. 



The SUPERB TANAGER is a very gaudy bird, green, 

 blue, red, and yellow. A lady who has. been very 

 successful in her management of the Scarlet and 

 Superb Tanagers, kindly sent me directions some time 

 ago for keeping them in health and beauty. She told 

 me they will thrive well if attended to daily, and fed 

 early in the morning with fruit, egg, and potato, mixed 

 with German paste. She gave them also colifichet, 

 crushed seeds, and mealworms occasionally, and kept 

 them in the winter in a room heated to 65, in open 

 cages of mahogany, covered every night with green 

 baize. They should have a daily bath. A friend who 

 had a Scarlet Tanager for some months, kept him in 

 beautiful plumage by this treatment. He grew very 



