. Bird guide . SCARLET TANAGER. GOs. Piranga erijthroiraius. IV2 inches. Male, scarlet and black; female, greenish yellow andblackish. These beautiful birds are found in open woods, butthey often come out in fields, parks, orchards andsometimes in yards when feeding; one of the prettiestsights that I ever saw was of about a dozen of theseliirds tripping along the furrows of a ploughed field,where they were feeding on insects. Besides berriesand seeds, tiiey live upon quantities of insects, fre-i|uently catching them on the wing in true Flycatcher>tylc. Song.—Resembling that of tlie Robin, b
. Bird guide . SCARLET TANAGER. GOs. Piranga erijthroiraius. IV2 inches. Male, scarlet and black; female, greenish yellow andblackish. These beautiful birds are found in open woods, butthey often come out in fields, parks, orchards andsometimes in yards when feeding; one of the prettiestsights that I ever saw was of about a dozen of theseliirds tripping along the furrows of a ploughed field,where they were feeding on insects. Besides berriesand seeds, tiiey live upon quantities of insects, fre-i|uently catching them on the wing in true Flycatcher>tylc. Song.—Resembling that of tlie Robin, but harsher,less varied and higher pitched. Call, a sharp chip orchip-churr. Nest.—Loosely made of twigs and rootlets, on lowerbranches of trees; eggs four, pale bluish green, spottedwith brown (.95 x .65). Range.—Breeds in the northern parts of the U. the Atlantic to the Plains; winters in the tropics,whence it arrives about JNIay 15. SUMMER TANAGER. GIO. Piraiiga nihra. Ti;.. inches. Male, rosy re
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