86 BIRDS 



a "smooth-headed redbird," but fire-red all over, without 

 a black feather on him whereby he may be readily dis- 

 tinguished from the black-winged scarlet tanager. 



Of the three hundred and fifty species of tanagers in the 

 tropics, only two think it worth while to visit the eastern 

 United States and one of these adventurous ones, the scar- 

 let tanager, frequently suflFers because he starts too early. 

 If all should suddenly decide to come North some spring 

 and spend the summer, our woods would be filled with some 

 of the most brilliant and gorgeous birds in the world. 



