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It is noted for its sweet and constant song, and is found 

 in all well wooded and watered parts of North America. 



Scarlet Tanager {Piranga erythromelas) . This gorgeous 

 bird is about seven inches long. The plumage of the male 

 is of a flaming scarlet, with black wings and tail; but the 

 female is dull green in color. The Scarlet Tanager is 

 found in the woods of eastern America, up to Ottawa and 

 Lake Winnipeg. 



Purple Martin (Progne subis). About eight inches in 

 length, with long wings and forked tail, the Purple Martin 



Purple Martin. 



Barn Swallow. 



is everywhere of a shiny bluish or purplish black. Like 

 the Kingbird it attacks any intruder on its lower range. 

 This swallow is found in the wooded regions of east tem- 

 perate America, north to Newfoundland and the Sas- 

 katchewan. 



Barn Swallow [Eirundro erythrogaster). About seven 

 inches long, this bird is steel-blue above, chestnut on 



