

GENUS 37. TANAGRA. TANAGER. 



SPECIES 1. T. RUBRA. 



SCARLET TANAGER. 



[Plate XI. Figs. 3 and 4.] 



Tanagra rubra, LINN. Syst. i, p. 314, 3. Cardinal de Canada, 

 BRISS. Orn. in, p. 48, PL 2, fig. 5. LATH, n, p. 217, JVo. 3.- 

 Scarlet Sparrow, EDW. PI. 343. Canada Tanager, and Olive 

 Tanager, Jlrct. Zool.p. 369, JVb. 237 238. PE ALE'S Museum, 

 JVo. 6128. 



THIS is one of the gaudy foreigners (and perhaps the most 

 showy) that regularly visit us from the torrid regions of the 

 south. He is drest in the richest scarlet, set off with the most 

 jetty black, and comes, over extensive countries, to sojourn 

 for a time among us. While we consider him entitled to all 

 the rights of hospitality, we maybe permitted to examine a lit- 

 tle into his character, and endeavour to discover, whether he 

 has any thing else to recommend him besides that of having a 

 fine coat, and being a great traveller. 



On or about the first of May this bird makes his appearance 

 in Pennsylvania. He spreads over the United States, and is 

 found even in Canada. He rarely approaches the habitations of 

 man, unless perhaps to the orchard, where he sometimes builds; 

 or to the cherry trees in search of fruit. The depth of the woods 

 is his favourite abode. There, among the thick foliage of the 

 tallest trees, his simple and almost monotonous notes chip, churr, 

 repeated at short intervals, in a pensive tone, may be occasional- 

 ly heard; which appear to proceed from a considerable distance 

 though the bird be immediately above you; a faculty bestowed 

 on him by the beneficent Author of Nature, no doubt for his 

 protection; to compensate in a degree for the danger to which 



