THE SUMMER RED BIRD. 



[HEBE is another species of Tanager that is 

 found in North America, and that I must 

 not pass over. He is called the Summer 

 Red Bird, and is of a rich vermilion 

 colour, with legs and feet of a light blue. He is 

 solitary in his habits, and likes to haunt that part 

 of the forest which is filled with stunted shrubs 

 and trees. But he is careful to keep to the warm 

 districts, and cannot endure the slightest cold. 

 At the least approach of it, he takes his depar- 

 ture, and is, literally, a bird of the summer. 



When the Tanagers move from one part of the 

 country to another, they rise high in the air, and 



