84 NESTS AND EGGS OF N. A. BIRDS. 



branch of a sugar-pine, next to the body of the tree. It contained 

 four young, perhaps a week old. The eggs, three or four in num- 

 ber, measure .95 by .65. They are of a rounded-oval form. Their 

 ground-color is a light bluish-green, speckled, chiefly at the greater 

 end with markings of umber, intermingled with a few dots of lilac. 



163. PYRANGA HEPATICA. 



HEPATIC TANAGER. 



Captain Bendire found what he identified as this species breed- 

 ing near Tucson, Arizona. Its nests and eggs are said to resemble 

 those of the Summer Redbird. The eggs vary in length from 1.02 

 to .65, and in breadth from .70 to 67. Their ground-color is a 

 pale light green ; some sparingly marked over the entire egg with 

 conspicuous blotches of purplish-brown, others are thickly covered 

 with fine dottings of the same hue. 



164, PYRANGA /ESTIVA. 



SUMMER REDBIRD. 



The vSummer Redbird is found chiefly in the Southern States. 

 Dr. Howard E. Jones informs me that it is not rare at Circleville, 

 Ohio, twenty miles South of Columbus. 



The nest is placed on the horizontal or drooping branch, near 

 its extremity, the tree being generally an oak, sometimes a hickory 

 and situated at the edge of a grove or near the roadside. It is con- 

 structed of various vegetable substances; fine, slender, dry grasses, 

 catkins, stems and leaves. It is described as often being so thin 

 that the eggs may be seen from below. 



The eggs, usually three, vary in size and shape, from an oblong 

 to a rounded oval. Their length is from .80 to an inch and they 

 average about .68 in breadth. Their color is a bright light shade 

 of emerald-green, spotted, marbled, dotted, and blotched with 

 .various shades of lilac, brownish-purple, and dark brown. 



164a. PYRANGA ESTIVA COOPERI. 



COOPER'S TANAGER. ** 



