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TANAGRA RUBRA. 
GENUS XXXIl TAKAGBA, LlNNJil7S. 
SUEGENUS PrEJJVG^, VIEILl. 
155 . TANACEA EUEEA, WILSON. SCARLET TANAGEB. 
WILSON, ELATE XL FIG. III. SIALE. — PIG. IV. FEMALE. 
EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEU.M. 
This is one of the gaiuly foreigners, (and perhaps 
most showy,) that regularly visit us from the tort' 
regions of the south. He is drest in the richest 
set off with the most jetty black, and comes, «' 
extensive countries, to sojourn for a time amonfT ' 
While we consider him entitled to all the rights of ‘•‘'f j 
pitality, we may he permitted to examine a little 
his character, and endeavour to discover, whether ^ 
has any thing else to recommend him, besides that 
having a fine coat, and being a great traveller. jij 
On or about tlie 1st of May, this bird makes 
appearance in Pennsylvania. He spreads over , . 
United States, and is fionud even in Canada. He raT’^j 
approaches the habitations of man, unless, perhapS’ , . 
the orchard, where he sometimes builds; or to 
cherry trees, in search of fruit. The depth of the n'oa^ 
is his favourite abode. There, among the thick fo'"*^ 
of the tallest trees, his simple, and almost monotoa^ j I 
notes, c/iijj, churr, re|«>ated at short intervals, 
pensive tone, may he occasionally heard, which apP.^ 
to proceed from a considerable distance, though the 
he immediately above you ; a faculty bestowed on . 
by the beneficent Author of Nature, no doubt for 1 
protection, to compensate, in a degree, for the 
to which his glowing colour wnuld often expose 
Besides this usual note, he has, at times, a more nn'f* j,( 
chant, something resenihling in mellowness that of 
Baltimore oriole. His food consists of large, '**'''nil 
insects, such as wasps, hornets, and humble bees, ' ^,j, 
also of fruit, pm'ticnlarly those of that species of 
nium usually called hucklc-berries, which, in * kg 
season, form almost his whole fare. His nest ^j'li [ 
about the middle of May, on the horizontal branch 
