Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 5

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Various. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 5

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

THE SUMMER TANAGER

THE AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

THE AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

THE TURNSTONE

SNOWBIRDS

BIRDS OF PASSAGE

THE BELTED PIPING PLOVER

THE WILD TURKEY

THE CERULEAN WARBLER

THE WILD TURKEY

THE YELLOW-BILLED TROPIC BIRD

THE YELLOW-BILLED TROPIC BIRD

THE EUROPEAN KINGFISHER

THE EUROPEAN KINGFISHER

THE VERMILION FLY-CATCHER

A WINTER NEST

BIRD MISCELLANY

THE LAZULI BUNTING

THE LAZULI BUNTING

SUMMARY

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THE TANAGERS are birds of such uncommon beauty that when we have taken the pictures of the entire family the group will be a notable one and will add attractiveness to the portfolio. This specimen is also called the Summer Red-bird or Rose Tanager, and is found pretty generally distributed over the United States during the summer months, wintering in Cuba, Central America, and northern South America. As will be seen, the adult male is a plain vermilion red. The plumage of the female is less attractive. In habits this species resembles the Scarlet Tanager, perhaps the most brilliant of the group, but is not so retiring, frequenting open groves and often visiting towns and cities.

The nesting season of this charming bird extends to the latter part of July, but varies with the latitude and season. Bark strips and leaves interwoven with various vegetable substances compose the nest, which is usually built on a horizontal or drooping branch, near its extremity and situated at the edge of a grove near the roadside. Davie says: “All the nests of this species which I have seen collected in Ohio are very thin and frail structures; so thin that the eggs may often be seen from beneath. A nest sent me from Lee county, Texas, is compactly built of a cottony weed, a few stems of Spanish moss, and lined with fine grass stems.” Mr. L. O. Pindar states that nests found in Kentucky are compactly built, but not very thickly lined. The eggs are beautiful, being a bright, light emerald green, spotted, dotted, and blotched with various shades of lilac, brownish-purple, and dark brown.

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You will find us throughout the whole of North America, but in greater numbers on the Pacific coast. The fresh-water lakes are our favorite resorts. We visit the wheat fields and corn fields, nibbling the young, tender blades and feeding on the scattered grain. The farmers don’t like it a bit, but we don’t care. That is the reason our flesh tastes so sweet.

And tough!

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