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Series of Eggs of 
Tanager. 
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Scarlet 
The eggs of the Scarlet Tanager ( Piranga 
erythromelax) are usually three or four in 
number, although two are sometimes all that JOLOGrIST [Vol. 17— No. 2 
are laid. 
Set I. .Tune 18, 1888. Nazareth, Penn. 
Nest in white oak tree, about twenty-five feet 
up. Composed of sticks and weeds. Two 
eggs, incubation advanced. Light greenish 
blue, spotted, much more heavily at the larger 
ends, with purplish gray and chestnut : 
k .97x.67 ; ,95x.66. This set contains a Cow- 
bird’s egg. 
Set II. June 12, 1886. Montgomery 
County, Penn. Nest in an ironwood tree, over 
a road, twenty feet from ground. Made of 
twigs and root fibres. Two eggs, incubation 
commenced. Light greenish blue, thickly 
speckled and spotted with purplish brown and 
chestnut: .88x.65; .88 x.64. 
Set III. June 14, 1888. Preston, Conn. 
Small flimsey nest on tip end of long horizon- 
tal limb of tall savin tree. Collected by 
“J. M. W. ” (Mr. C. L. Rawson). Four eggs, 
fresh. Light greenish blue, thickly spotted 
and speckled, especially at the larger ends, 
with purplish gray and chestnut: ,87x.62; 
.88 x .62 ; .87 x .62 ; .87 x .64. 
Set IV. June 14, 1887. Black Hawk 
County, Iowa. Nest on horizontal branch of 
tree. Three eggs, fresh. Light greenish blue, 
speckled witli purplish gray and chestnut. 
The markings are heavier at the larger ends : 
. Six. 64 ; ,84x.64 ; ,86x.64. 
Set V. June 17, 1875. Norwich, Conn. 
Nest on end of oak limb, on edge of wood. 
Collected by “ J. M. W.” (Mr. C. L. Rawson). 
Three eggs, fresh. Light greenish blue, 
speckled and spotted with purplish gray and 
chestnut : .89 x .68 ; .89 x .67 ; .88 x .68. 
Set VI. May 23, 1887. Black Hawk County, 
Iowa. Nest on a side limb of an oak tree, 
fifteen feet from the ground. Four eggs, 
fresh. Light greenish blue, speckled and 
spotted with purplish gray and chestnut. The 
markings form indistinct wreaths around the 
larger ends: ,80x.63; .82x.63; ,83x.63; 
.83 x .63. 
Set VII. June 15, 1883. Nazareth, Penn. 
Nest on horizontal limb of an oak tree. Three 
eggs, fresh. Light greenish blue, spotted 
with purplish gray and chestnut. The mark- 
ings are heavier at the larger ends : .91x.66 ; 
.98 x .66 ; .91 x .65. This set contains a Cow 
bird’s egg. 
Set VIII. June 17, 1885. Nazareth, Penn. 
Nest on an oak tree, saddled on a lower branch. 
Four eggs, fresh. Light greenish blue, spotted 
and speckled witli purplish gray and chestnut. 
On two of the eggs the markings form in- 
distinct wreaths, but on the other two they 
are scattered over the whole surface : .89x.64 ; 
.91 x .65 ; .89 x .66 ; .83 x .64. 
Set IX. June 7, 1885. Black Hawk County, 
Iowa. Nest on horizontal branch of oak tree, 
fifteen feet from the ground. Four eggs, 
fresh. Light greenish blue, heavily spotted 
witli purplish gray and chestnut. The 
, Rawson). Nest in savin tree in open woods, 
j Slight, but well constructed. Four eggs, fresh. 
Light greenish blue, speckled and spotted 
, with purplish gray and chestnut: ,85x.64; 
1 ,83x.64; ,81x.65; .83x.64. 
j Set XVII. June 12, 1886. Chester County, 
Penn. Nest on limb of beech tree, twenty 
| feet from the ground. Made of twigs, etc. 
Four eggs, incubation advanced. Light 
greenish blue, speckled aud spotted, more 
heavily at the larger ends, with purplish gray 
and chestnut: ,94x.67; .96x.67; .92x.64; 
.96x.67. 
Set XVIII. May 31, 1885. Norwich, Conn. 
Collected by “ J. M. W.” (Mr. C. L. Rawson). 
Nest on tip end of long limb of apple tree 
overhanging carriage road, in the heart of the 
city. A most beautifully marked set. Light 
greenish blue, sported with chestnut and 
purplish gray. The markings form wreaths 
around the larger ends: .90x.63; .90x.64; 
.91 x.64. 
Set XIX. June 20, 1887. Nazareth, Penn. 
Nest on linden tree, about thirty feet up. 
Composed of fine sticks, heavy stems of 
grass, lined with grass. Two eggs, and two of 
the Cowbird, incubation slight. Light green- 
ish blue, thickly speckled and spotted with 
purplish gray and chestnut: .93x.68; 
.91 x .68. 
Set XX. June 15, 1888. Nazareth, Penn. 
Nest in apple tree about twelve feet up. 
Made of sticks, lined with grass. Four eggs, 
fresh, and one of the Cowbird. Light green- 
ish blue, heavily speckled and spotted, es- 
pecially at the larger ends, with chestnut and 
purplish gray : ,85x.61 ; .84x.63 ; .84 x.64 ; 
.88 x .63. 
Set XXI. June 11, 1887. Nazareth, Penn. 
Nest on hickory, about twenty-five feet up. 
Composed of fine sticks, weeds and wild 
cotton. Three eggs, fresh, and one of the 
Cowbird’ s. Light greenish blue, thickly 
speckled and spotted, more, heavily at the 
larger ends, with purplish gray and chestnut- : 
,93x.65; .90x.64; ,89x.68. 
Set XXII. June 11, 1888. Nazareth, Penn. 
Nest on apple tree about nine feet up. Made 
of weeds and straw. Four eggs, and two of 
the Cowbird, incubation far advanced. Light 
I greenish blue, clouded at the larger ends with 
purplish- gray, and over this there are .wreaths 
of chestnut. The whole effect is beautiful 
and very odd : ,95x,67 ; ,96x.66 ; ,97x.67 ; 
.89 x .67. J.P.N. 
O.& O. Vol. 17, Feb. 1892 p. 21-22 
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