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Things to Know and Do 335 and constant song, and is found in all well wooded and watered parts of North America. Scarlet Tanager (Piranga erythromdas). This gorgeous bird is about seven inches long. The plumage of the n^e is of a flaming scarlet, with black wings and tail; but the female is dull green in color. The Scarlet Tanager is found in the woods of eastern America, up to Ottawa and Lake Winnipeg, Purple Martin (Progne subis). About eight inches in length, with long wings and forked tall, the Purple Martin is everywhere of a shiny bluish or purplish black. Like the Kingbird it attacks any intruder on its lower range. This swallow is found in the wooded regions of east temperate America, north to Newfound- land and the Saskatchewan. Barn Swattow {Eirundro erythrogasler). About seven inches long, this bird is steel-blue above, chestnut on throat and breast, buffy white on belly. It is known by the long forked tail which is dark with white spots. Famous for its mud nest, it is found in open country about barns in America generally. Mockingbird {Mtmus polygloUas). About ten inches long, soft gray above, dull white beneath, wings and tail black and white, with no black on head— the Mockingbird is famous for its song, and is found in United States north to New Jersey. Catbird (Dumelella Carotinensis). This northern Mocking- J