The Scarlet Tanager 
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limbs of the white oak. Not many people are 
blessed with such beautiful, interesting neigh- 
bours. 
In the Southern States, one of the most fa- 
miliar birds in the orange groves, orchards, and 
woods of pine and oak, is the summer tanager, 
another smooth-headed redbird, but without a 
black feather on him. He is fire red all over. 
Of the three hundred and fifty species of tana- 
gers in the tropics, only two think it worth 
while to visit the Eastern United States and one 
of these frequently suffers because he starts too 
early. Suppose all should suddenly decide to 
come north some spring and spend the summer 
with us ! Our woods would be filled with some 
of the most brilliant and gorgeous birds in the 
world. Don’t you wish all the members of the 
family were as adventurous as the scarlet 
tanager? 
