SCARLET TANAGER. 
PIRANGA ERYTHROMELAS. 
Cuar. Male: scarlet, with black wings and tail. Female and young: 
above, olive; wings and tail dusky, the feathers edged with olive ; below, 
greenish yellow. Length 7 to 73 inches. 
Nest. In a woodland grove, sometimes in an orchard, placed near the 
extremity of a horizontal limb ro to 20 feet from the ground; composed 
of twigs, roots, or shreds of bark, and lined with roots, sometimes with 
pine-needles. 
Eggs. 3-5 (usually 4); dull white or with blue tinge, thickly marked, 
chiefly about larger end, with several shades of brown and lilac; 0.95 
x 0.65. 
This splendid and transient resident, accompanying fine 
weather in all his wanderings, arrives from his winter station in 
tropical America from the beginning to the middle of May, 
and extends his migrations probably to Nova Scotia as well as 
Canada. With the shy, unsocial, and suspicious habits of his 
gaudy fraternity, he takes up his abode in the deepest recess 
