DIVISION II. 



NATIVE BIRDS. 



PART I. 



TANAGERS. Tanagrse. 



CHAPTER I. 



SCARLET TANAGER, OR BLACK-WINGED SUM- 

 MER RED-BIRD. Tanagra rubra. 



The Scarlet Tanager, one of the most 

 beautiful, if not entirely so, of our native 

 birds, arrives in the Middle States during 

 the time intervening between the first 

 and the twentieth of May. While his 

 residence continues, which is only during 

 summer, he is principally found in the 

 thick forests, but also on the edges of large 



