THE BIRD BOOK 
zontal limbs or forks at elevations of four to 
twenty feet, making frail nests of twigs, root- 
lets and weeds; they are often found in pine 
trees, but apparently just as frequently in 
other kinds. Their eggs are greenish blue, 
specked and spotted with various shades of 
brown. Size .95 x .65. Data. — Holden, Mass., 
May 31, 1898. Nest on low limb of an oak, 4 
feet above ground; of weeds and rootlets and 
very frail. 
(i09. Hepatic Tanager. Piranga hep- 
atica. 
Range. — Western Mexico, 
north to New Mexico and Ari- 
zona in summer. 
This species is similar to 
the next but is darker red on 
the upper parts and bright 
vermilion below. They nest 
on the lower horizontal Bluish green 
branches of trees, usually live oaks, making 
the nests of rootlets and weeds; the eggs are bluish green, like those of the 
next, but the markings appear to average more blotchy and brighter. Size 
Scarlet Tanager 
.92 x .64. 
fil 0. Summer Tanager. Piranga rubra rubra. 
Range/ — Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf to New York and Kan- 
sas, and casually farther; west to Texas; winters south of our borders. 
This bird is of the size of the Scarlet Tanager, but is of a uniform rosy red 
color, darker on the back. They are very common in the South Atlantic and 
Gulf States. Their nests are located at low elevations on horizontal branches 
of trees in open woods, edges of clearings, or 
along the roadside; the nests are made of 
strips of bark, weed stems, leaves, etc., and are 
frail like those of the other Tanagers. Their 
eggs are light bluish green, 
speckled and spotted with 
reddish brown, and not 
distinguishable with cer- 
tainty from those of the 
Scarlet Tanager. Size .92 
n x .64. 
(ilOa. Cooper’s Tanager. 
Piranga rubra cooperi. 
Range. — Western United States, breeding 
from the Mexican border and Texas north to 
central California and Nevada. 
Similar to but slightly larger than the last. 
There are no differences between the nesting 
of this form and the last and the eggs are not 
in any way different. Summer Tanager 
370 
