120 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



608. Scarlet Tanager, Piranga erythrotnelas. Eggs, 3 

 or 4, oval, bluish green, spotted, blotched, and dotted with 

 purplish brown and lilac; .60 -|- .85 to .65 --l- .95. Nests 

 placed in trees, composed of twigs, and are flat in form. 

 Breeds in Eastern United States, west to the plains, from the 

 middle districts northward to Southern Canada, in June. 



609. Hepatic Taxager, Piranga liepatica. Eggs, oblong 

 oval, pale green, spotted, blotched, and mottled with purplish 

 brown ; .70 -{- .95 to .72 -|- 1.02. Breeds in Southern Now 

 Mexico and Southern Arizona, southward. 



610. Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra. (Type, Plate 

 IX.) Eggs, 3 or 4, oval, bluish green, spotted and blotched 

 with reddish brown and umber; .85 -|- .70 to .90 -f- .75. 

 Nests placed in trees, deeply cup-shaped, composed of grass, 

 etc. Breeds in Eastern United States, west to the plains, 

 north to Southern New Jersey and Southern Illinois, in April 

 and May. 



610c/. Cooper's Tanager, Piranga rubra cooperi. Eggs, 

 indistinguishable from those of No. 610, and the nests and 

 nesting habits are similar. Breeds in New Mexico and Arizona, 

 south into Western Mexico. 



Family LI. — HIRUNDINIDtE. Swallows. 



Members of this family usually deposit their eggs in holes 

 of trees, in banks, in holes of cliffs, beneath eaves of buildings, 

 in martin l)oxes, in buildings, etc. Eggs, both plain and 

 spotted. 



611. Purple Martin, Progne subis. Eggs, 4 or 5, pointed 

 oval, white ; .65 -\- .80 to .60 -|- .70. Nests composed of 

 leaves and grass, lineii with feathers, placed in holes of trees, 

 or in boxes erected for the accommodation of the birds. 

 Breeds in temperate North America, but of rather local dis- 

 tribution, in June. 



611a. Cuban Martin, Progne cryptoleuca. Eggs, indistin- 

 guishable from those of No. Oil. Breeds in Southern Florida, 

 in May, nesting in holes of trees, and in Cuba. 



