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THP: IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



(|uiot woods thoug-h before the 

 breeding- season it is seen nearl}' 

 :iny-wliere. Eg'g's usually three 

 sometimes four. Nest usually in 

 Milk tree. "i J. H. Brown. ) 



"An irregular summer resident 

 in Franklin Co. Common some 

 years, rare others. In 1S"»1 I 

 saw very few; in 1892 the}* were 

 juite common, I found nine sets; 

 :n 18")3 not ccmmon, only two 

 sets fornid; not a dozen specimens 

 seen in the entire season of 1894. 

 Eg'g's commonly laid during the' 

 first two weeks of June; have 

 taken complete fresh sets as late 

 us June 18, and highly incubated 

 sets June 12 th. The nes'.s are 

 frail structures, composed of vine- 

 stems and rootlets, and lined with 

 hairs. They are placed on 

 iiorizontal or slanting limbs, ten 

 to thirtv feet up, g-enerallv in 

 open woodland. Oak or elm 

 preferred. Eggs in mv cabinet 



ary from .')7 to. 84 in leng-th and 

 '>7 to .()2 in diameter; typical .88 

 x.()3. Eggs resemble Rose- 

 breasted (Trosbeak's, but with 

 richer ground color and liner 

 :narking-s. I have found the 

 Scarlet Tanager breeding- in 



Hardin, Linn, and Clinton Co's. 



Frank 11. Shoemaker. ) Wilmon 

 Xewell, of Sioux Co., does not 

 know of its existence there. 

 Have found it breeding- in Winne- 

 bago Co., J. E. E. 



610. Pirangra rubra. (Linn.) 

 SUMMER TANAGER. 



"Not a regular bird in Scott 

 Co. and rarely seen. May, 1889 

 I took my first. Have never seen 

 more than one at a time and that 

 only in May." (J. H- Brown.) 

 "Rare in Marshall Co., only ob- 

 served it a few times. Probably 

 a rare breeder; althoug-h I have 

 never found a nest." (A. P. 

 (xodle}'. ) "I took a specimen in 

 the spring- of 1889 at Burlington, 

 Des Moines Co. The only word 

 I have of its capture." (Paul 

 Bartsch. ) Have never met it in 

 Winnebago or Dallas Co's. J. E. 

 L. 



Family HIRUNDINID.E. 



Swc.lbws. 



611. Progne subis. (Lmn.'"! 

 PURPLE MARTIN. 



"This spjcies arrives in Lyon 

 Co., aboui; April 20, and from 

 th-at date may bj fouml in small 

 colonte.s, wh.'rever nesting- sites 

 may be found. 



Nesting begins in early June 

 and continues through the 

 month, the eggs being deposited 

 in roug-h shallow nests of sticks 

 and grass, lined with string's and 

 feathers. 



Egri4"!> 'i"c' pure white, and usu- 

 ally live in num1)er. 



The Martins leave for the 

 south about Aug-. 15th."( Carlet<m 



