SCARLET TANAGER. 



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On July 9th of the same year I obtained this lovely 

 though incomplete melody: 



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In comparison with the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, the 

 Tanager is far better at pitch; one experiences no diffi- 

 culty in locating the key, and although the intervals at 

 times are a trifle obscure, a little patient study reveals 

 their identity. That wide interval of a sixth in the last 

 record is rather unusual for a Tanager, but it was given 

 in this instance with unmistakable accuracy and empha- 

 sis. Such a musical jump would not have been at all 

 surprising coming from the Baltimore Oriole, for that is 

 exactly the sort of thing he can do to perfection if a bird 

 can do anything perfectly, but this happened to be a per- 

 formance greatly to the credit of the Tanager; not every 

 one possesses a voice with a compass of more than a mu- 

 sical fifth, indeed, as a general rule most young birds 

 keep well within the limit of a fourth, as the following 

 representative record will testify: 



But I have also the song of a young Tanager who spanned 



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