FAMILY Tanagrlder. 



:i fifth; ho s;ui^ in tin- minor key. however, \\liich wa- 

 easier for him th:m tin- major: 



How much a Tana^er ran improve in liis musical efforts 

 after arriving at years of discretion is >ho\\ n in the next 

 record which is the longest one I ha 



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^ But another time the bird changed the key and 

 discarded the minor rendering dj 



The call of the Scarlet Tanager has been adequately 

 rendered by various authors chip-du-rr : the syllables are 

 self-explanatory and scarcely need my musical addition : 



Chip-cherr 



But this may aid one in remembering the ever-present 

 overtone in the bird's voice. Mr. Torrey , in his Birds in 

 * Curiously enough this advanced musical effort is set in the keys 

 of D flat ami its relative U flat minor. Quite an accomplished bird, 

 tliis! 



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