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Summer Tanager; Summer Red-bird
Adult male--Bright scarlet; the wings and tail brownish, edged with red.
Adult female--Olive green; under parts tinged with yellow. Length--7.50.
Breeding Range--Southern New Jersey, southward (casually north to Massachusetts and Ontario [A. O. U. check-list]).
The nest is composed of leaves, weed stalks, grass, catkins, and strips of bark, and is placed on a horizontal branch, at a height of from six to twenty-five feet from the ground. 3 to 4 eggs are laid; they resemble the eggs of the scarlet tanager, but the markings are heavier and more brown. Size--.94 x .64.
The nesting season, which begins about the middle of May, continues until well into July.