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Above: The Scarlet Tanager, one 

 of the most colorful birds of the 

 East, and. right, the Blue Jay, also 

 beautiful but a robber of the nests 

 of other songbirds, and generally 

 rather a pest. 



Below: Taken in the Adirondacks, 

 this shows mosses and lichens, in- 

 cluding Polytrichum, Cladonia pyx- 

 idata and C. constella, of the forest 

 floor at higher altitudes. 



Above: Fall among the southern Appalachians. 

 The Great Smokies of North Carolina in which 

 stands Mount Mitchell, 6685 feet. 



Right: Coltsfoot, a common flower of the area, 

 and, far right. Painted Trillium, two of the end- 

 less variety of gentle flowers that bloom in this 

 province from early spring to late fall. 



