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eg'g and nest were then destroyed by an unfortunate accident. Three 

 other nests were found, howef^r, on the 29th, each of which contained 

 either one or two eggs. All of these nests were placed in small cedar 

 ti'ees. A Dove was heard cnoing imperfectly Xovemlter 9. Doves began 

 cooing in 1903 on March 5. The first nest was found in a cedar, ^larch 

 22; on April 8 it contained one egg and one j'oung dove just hatched. 

 Reclvoning the period of incubation as two weeks, this nest must have 

 had a full set of eggs on March 25 or 28. Another nest was in a pine 

 tree and had young two and one-half inches long on April 11. These 

 were at least a week old, probably more. Then this nest must have 

 contained a full complement of eggs on March 21. On April 24 a nest 

 containing two eggs was found flat on the ground under a mandrake. 

 49. [325] <'afhfirt('>< aura {'Linn.). Turkey Vulture. -^^ 



"With one exception all the records show that the Buzzard is a -resi- 

 dent only a little over nine months in the year, .January 31 to November 

 21. In 1892 E. M. Kindle said that a few Avere permanent residents. 

 They are quite abundant in this county, and it is not an uncommon 

 thing to see them in companies of ten to sixty gliding about in circling 

 paths in the upper air. 



B. W. Evermanji found a full set of eggs April 17, 1886. This is 

 earlier than any other date reported from the State. C. G. Littell found 

 young just hatched in a nest in a hollow log in a large, dense and 

 damp woods. May 19, '03. According to the owner of the place Buzzards 

 had roosted at this snot for three vears before. 



MIGRATION BECORD. 



6-A. OF SclKXCE, '04. 



