SCARLET TANAGER. 
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> soractiines an api)le tree, and is but slightly put 
^^Mher ; stalks of broken flax, and dry grass, so thinly 
it p® together, that the light is easily perceivable through 
tj the repository of his young. The eggs are 
of a dull blue, spottiul with brown or purple, 
rarely raise more than one brood in a season, and 
Us for the south about the last week in Ai'.gust, 
'>on “U the birds that inhabit onr woods, there is. 
VjjL *^**‘*t strikes the eye of a stranger, or even a native, 
C ® so much brilliancy as this. Seen among the green 
with the light falling strongly on his |)lumage, 
it) appe.'U-s beautiful. If he lias little of melody 
'"s notes to charm us, he has nothing in them to 
His manners art; modest, easy, aud inoffensive. 
I,' Commits no depredations on the property of the 
(jjc^ndinau, but rather benefits liira by the daily 
u ^''Uction, in spring, of many noxious insects ; and, 
St approaches, he is no plundering dependant, 
Vjj. Seeks, in a distant country, for that sustenance 
ijl cjt the severity of the season denies to his industry 
’s. He is a striking ornameut to our rural scenery, 
^ tone of the meanest of onr rural songsters. Such 
the true traits of his character, we shall always 
I, ’'pleasure welcome this beautiful, inoffensive sti'anger 
vj'f orchards, groves, and forests. 
® male of this species, when arrived at his full size 
V is six inches and a half in length, and ten 
half broad. The whole plumage is of a most 
ii^®unt scarlet, except the wings and tail, u-hich are of 
>m “®P black ; the latter, handsomely forked, sometimes 
V ***'?^y tipped with white, and the interior edges of 
I”® .ic^fhers nearly white ; the bill is strong, con- 
W j'hly inflated, like those of his tribe, the edge of the 
*ttandiblo, somewhat in-egular, as if toothed, aud 
J'cle of a dirty gamboge, or yellowish horn colour ; 
*®to ,.®"'®''e>', like that of most other birds, varies 
to the season. About the 1st of August he 
^^ 1 ’ '“"'•if; fhe young feathers coming out, of a 
''“Pld*' I y®'i"“' colour) uuf'i i'o appears nearly all 
“'ith spots of scarlet and greenish yellow. In 
'State of plumage he leaves us. How long it is 
