SCARLET TANAGER. 
( Pyran’ga ru/bra.) 
OLOR of male, crimson or scarlet; wings and tail, black; 
bill and feet, dark horn color. Female, clear olive green 
above; below, clear greenish yellow; wings and tail, 
dusky. Male is said to change to color of the female in the fall. 
Length 6 to 7 inches. 
Eastern United States, British Provinces, west to Kansas and 
Indian Territory. Not common north of Massachusetts. 
This brilliant creature nests in woods, groves and orchards, 
upon the horizontal limb of a tree; building a rather loose nest of 
twigs, fibers, rootlets, etc. Eggs, three to five, dull greenish blue, 
fully spotted with brown and lilac. Voice not musical. 
“Artist” had a beautiful specimen of the Scarlet 
Tanager which had been given him by a friend who is 
a taxidermist. The children were greatly interested 
in it. 
‘“‘T never saw a live one,” said he, “for the Tan- 
ager prefers the deep woods for his home, and so his 
beautiful plumage is seldom seen. My friend told me 
that the sight of him is like the discovery of a rare and 
brilliant flower. He is even brighter than the Cardinal 
Grosbeak, but has not his beauty of song. His one 
gift is the gift of fine feathers. 
“There is probably no greater contrast between 
the male and female of any species of birds than that 
between the Tanagers. One could scarcely believe the 
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