THE SCARLET TANAGER. 109 
intervals rather than continuously sustained. The notes are sharp-edged and 
rich in r’s, while the movement of the whole, tho deliberate, is varied, and the 
tone cheerful. Terr-qué-e-e-ry, 2é-erve, peés-croo, he-zoor', may give a hint 
of the quality and tempo. The Tanager’s note requires to be carefully dis- 
tinguished from 
that) Oe et he 
Rose - breasted 
Gao sibyerailsr 
which is 
smoother and 
more rolling in 
character. 
The nest of 
this bird is not 
often so sub- 
stantial as that 
shown in the il- 
l 
ite Sager, a 
q 
ustration. It 
is usually placed 
on a horizontal 
branch of a tree, 
either saddled 
loosely upon it, 
settled among 
Gilivne nt oes: 
twigs, or sup- 
ported by forks. 
“From five to 
fifteen feet up,” 
is given by 
some authors, 
but I have seen 
several nests at 
heights of for- 
ty or fifty feet, 
and do not be- 
lieve that they 
are exceptional. 
Taken near McConnelsville. Photo by the Author 
NEST AND EGGS OF THE SCARLET TANAGER. 
THE NEST WAS CUT DOWN FROM THE TOPMOST BRANCH OF A YOUNG ELM 
AND BROUGHT TO THE GROUND FOR PHOTOGRAPHING, 
