. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 8o BIRDS OF AMERICA Nest and Eggs.— Nest: On horizontal limb of low saplings, generally low but sometimes 40 feet up, in retired woodlands; a flat, loosely put together struc- ture of stems, roots, and bark strips, lined with rootlets and fine inner bark; some almost entirely of brownish rootlets. Eggs : 3 to 5, generally 4, greenish- blue, speckled and blotched with chestnut: occasionally the eggs are very faintly and finely spotted, altogether lacking the usual bold markings. Distribution.— Eastern United States and more southern British
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 8o BIRDS OF AMERICA Nest and Eggs.— Nest: On horizontal limb of low saplings, generally low but sometimes 40 feet up, in retired woodlands; a flat, loosely put together struc- ture of stems, roots, and bark strips, lined with rootlets and fine inner bark; some almost entirely of brownish rootlets. Eggs : 3 to 5, generally 4, greenish- blue, speckled and blotched with chestnut: occasionally the eggs are very faintly and finely spotted, altogether lacking the usual bold markings. Distribution.— Eastern United States and more southern British provinces, north to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, northern Ontario, Manitoba; breeding southward at least to Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, etc., (in Allegheny Mountains to South Carolina) ; in winter migrating southward to West Indies and through Mex- ico, Central America, and northern South America to Bolivia and central Peru; west, casually to eastern Colorado and Wyoming; accidental in Bermudas. The sudden appearance in deep woods of this remarkable bird, its ahnost dazzhngly brilliant red and black plumage outlined sharply against the dark green of summer foliage, is nothing less than startling to an observer whose eye is sen- sitive to color contrasts. And if the observer, it were in doubt abotit something. But perhaps it realizes that it doesn't have to perform or ctit capers in order to attract attention, which in- deed is the case. On the other hand, it is only fair to add that the bird not only does compara- tively little posing in plain sight, but spends much. Drawing by R. I. Brasher SCARLET TANAGER {\ nat. size) This gaudy fellow might easily be mistaken for a wanderer from the tropic instead of being intent tipon the length of a bird's bill in relation to that of its hind claw, and the precise number of primary, secondary, and tertiary wing-feathers it possesses, is interested in bird personalities, as expressed in various ways, he is likely to count as a verita
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