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Things to Know and Do 3x7 and constant song, and is found in all well wooded and watered parts <^ Nwdi America. Scarlet Tanager {Piranga erythromelas). This gorgeous bird is about seven inches long. The plumage of the male 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. Put fie Martin O^^ogne subis). About eight inches in length, with long wings and forked tail, the Purple Martin is everywhere oi a shiny bluish or purplish black. Like the Kingbird it attacks any intruder on its lower range. Hie swallow is found in the wooded regions of east temperate America, north to Newfound- land and the Saskatchewan. Barn Swallow (Hirundro erythrogaster). 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 bams m America generally. Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos). About ten inches long, soft gray above, dull white beneath, wings and tail black and white, with m black on head— the MocHngbird is famous for its song, and is found in United States north to New Jersey. Catbird {Dumetdla caroHtmw). This northern Mocking-