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The Tan-a-ger 
T HIS scarlet tan-a-ger is very much ex¬ 
cited about something. Perhaps he 
has lost his dull-colored mate, and is 
half-alighting here while he calls his clear 
“Chip-chur!” to her. His black wings and 
tail are outstretched just now, so he looks far 
less gay than he would if he were standing 
still, for his body feathers, both above and 
below, are a bright scarlet. His song is very 
sweet. He builds his nest in some grove of oaks, hickories, or swamp- 
maples, near a stream where there are ferns, whose spores he likes. 
Mead’s Silver-spot Butterfly 
B UTTERFLIES are found in all parts 
of the world, but the most beautiful 
ones are in tropical countries. They 
usually live only one season. Moths and but¬ 
terflies look much alike, but butterflies, when 
at rest, hold their wings erect, while moths 
hold theirs spread out. Butterflies fly mostly 
by day, but the moths by night. This butter¬ 
fly is named for the man who discovered it. 
The silver-spot butterflies are so called because on the under side of their 
wings they have round spots of silver color. This is dull yellow, with brown 
rims to both wings. 
The Skylark 
T HIS bird is standing amid the grasses of the open field. That is 
where he builds his nest, for he very rarely alights on a tree, but 
rests on the ground even at night. He is called a skylark because 
he takes wing from the field straight up into 
the sky, going in spirals out of sight in the 
sunlight. Often he starts his melody of song 
as he does his flight, and so becomes a song 
away up in the air long after you can see him. 
He is not found in America, but in the Old 
World. He is reddish brown on top and 
white beneath. His form is very graceful, 
though his plumage is dull. 
