SUMMER MIGRANTS 



SCARLET TANAGER 



In the Southern mountains this splendid sum- 

 mer resident is called the Timber Redbird, to 

 distinguish it from the Cardinal or " Winter 

 Redbird." Its wild beauty is invested also with 

 a certain halo of ro- 

 mance, since in that 

 region a pretty brunette, 

 if she be saucy and spir- 

 ited, is sometimes spoken 

 of as a "timber red- 

 bird. ' ' 



During the nesting 

 season when the nuptial 

 plumage is at its bright- 

 est, the red of the male 

 Tanager's body color is 

 richer even than the 

 Cardinal's, forming a 

 striking contrast to the 

 black wings and tail. At the molt in late summer 

 he takes on the olive green body plumage of his 

 mate, only the wings and tail coming in black 

 as before. Were the little mother as gorgeous 

 as he, the nest, well hidden as it is in the fresh 



SCARLET TANAGER 



Length iy 2 inches 



103 



