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FAMILY TANGARID/E.—TANAGERS. 
GENUS PIRANGA. 
[608]. Piranga erythromelas (Vieillot). Scarlet 
Tanager. 
Ranee.—Eastern North America and northern South 
America. Breeds mainly in Transition and Upper Austral 
zones from southeastern Saskatchewan, central Manitoba, 
central Ontario, southern Quebee, New Brunswick, and 
Nova Scotia south to southern Kansas, northern Arkansas, 
Tennessee, northern Georgia, and mountains of Virginia 
and South Carolina; winters from Colombia to Bolivia 
and Peru; migrates through Cuba, Jamaica, and Yucatan, 
and along the east coast of Central America; casual in 
migration in Wyoming, Colorado, the Bahamas, and 
and Lesser Antilles. 
As a breeding bird, this species is not abundant with 
us, though during the spring and fall migrations it is 
quite common. Professor Smyth reports it in the vicinity 
of Blacksburg from April 29th to May 9th, and again 
August 22nd to September 23rd. My father found it 
breeding at Goshen June 9th, though rare, also at Hot 
Springs. The nest is similar to that of the Summer 
Tanager, a loosely made structure of weed and grass 
stems, and rootlets; lined with finer material of the same. 
The eggs number three to four, a pale blue ground, spotted 
and blotched with brown of various shades. For a nest- 
ing site they prefer trees on the outer edge of woods or 
clearings, placing it near the extremity of the limb, from 
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