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summer plumage for several days. His appearance is now 

 very beautiful and striking ; the body being of a rich yellow, 

 with the front of the head, wings, and tail of a deep black ; 

 and as they are by no means solitary, but fly in flocks, they 

 cannot fail of being noticed by the most unobservant. Ha ! 

 1 see a stranger, still more showy in his appearance; the 

 Scarlet Tanager (Tanagra Rubra) ; you may see him by 

 getting on the fence, in this ploughed field, a few rods 

 distant. 



C. — I see him : he is indeed a beautiful bird. There is 

 some resemblance in the distribution of the colours, between 

 him and the Yellowbird ; but where the latter is yellow, 

 this is brilliant scarlet ; both have the wings and tail black. 



SCARLET TANAGER. 



(Tanagra Rubra.) 



F, — The tanager is more than twice as large as the yel- 

 lowbird : the brilliancy of his colour makes him conspicuous, 

 when the sun shines, at a great distance ; and when seen 

 near at hand, the contrast between the jet black and bright 

 vermilion has a fine effect. His notes have not, I believe, 

 any pretensions to be called a song ; at least, I have never 

 heard any, though I have seen them in considerable nirni- 



