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NAME - Summer Tanager A.O.U.NO. - 610 



(Piranga rubra) 



DATE - May 22, 1935 



0.92 x 0.63 

 0.88 x 0.63 



SITUATION - I was walking a small country 

 road on my way back to school late in the 

 afternoon when I saw the male of this species 

 fly ahead of me into a small White Oak limb 

 which was over the road. At first I thought 

 it was a Cardinal, but as I cautiously and 

 very slowly came closer, I knew it had to be 

 this species. The bird moved up into the tree 

 and in maneuvering to get a better look, I 

 spotted the female on the nest on the same 

 limb where the male had first lit. 



Both birds then left the tree 

 and I climbed up to that limb which was about 

 10' above the road. The nest was about 6' out 

 from the trunk and was supported by it and 

 another two-pronged, horizontal limb. It was 

 composed of grasses, pieces of bark and weed 

 stems and contained four slightly glossy, 

 pale blue, oval eggs, handsomely spotted and 

 speckled with shades of brown, more obvious 

 near the larger end. The nest lining consiste 

 of fine grass The nest was a fairly loose 

 tho' well built structure with overall dimen- 

 sions: 



Outside diam.: Inside diam.: 3" 



Height : 2f" Depth : if" 



NO. - 4 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



0.91 x 0.63 

 SIZES - 0.9O x 0.60 



Near Lynchburg, Va. 



