HEPATIC TANAGER. 
609. Piranga hepatica. 7% inches. 
A pale colored bird as compared with the Scarlet Tanager 
of the east, lacking also the black wings of its eastern 
brother. The female is a pale yellow on the under parts and 
an olive above. Their range is throughout Arizona and into 
Mexico. The nest is built upon horizontal branches of trees 
at varying heights from the ground, and is made of twigs, 
grass and hair, usually a frail structure, in which they lay 
four eggs of a greenish blue, spotted with shades of brown 
(.92 x .64). 
COOPER TANAGER. 
610a. Piranga rubra cooperi. 7 inches. 
Western United States, breeding from Central California to 
Texas and the borders of Mexico. Their breeding habits 
are the same and the eggs are not distinguishable from the 
others, all of them varying in the markings, but practically 
of the same size and general color. 
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