The OoLOGisT. 



Vol. XXI. No. 3. 



Albion, N. Y., March, 1904. 



Whole No. 200 



The Oologist. 



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Breeding of The Mississsippi Kite. 



I have lately had the pleasure of 

 inspecting what I believe to be the 

 largest series of eggs of the Mississippi 



Kite ever recorded as taken by one 

 collector in the same locality and all 

 in one month. 



Of 15 sets, fourteen were taken by 

 G. W. Stevens, between June 5th and 

 20th, 1903. Thirteen sets in Woods 

 County, Oklahoma, on the Salt Fork 

 of the Arkansas River and its tribu- 

 taries, and one set in Pawnee County, 

 Oklahoma, near the Arkansas River. 

 The other taken by J. M. Rutledge is 

 also from Woods County. 



No. 1 — Two eggs taken June 5th from 

 a white elm tree, one and one-half miles 

 northwest of Alva, Woods County. 

 Nest twelve feet from the ground, com- 

 posed of sticks, lined with a few fresh 

 sumac leaves. Incubation fresh. Size 

 of eggs, 1.68x1.38 inches and 1.63x1.32. 

 Birds at nest. 



No. 2.— One egg taken June 10th 

 from the horizontal branch of an elm 

 tree, one and one-half miles northwest 

 of Alva. Nest twenty-two feet from 

 ground, composed of a few sticks, 

 lined with fresh willow twigs with the 

 catkinon. As this set was found in 

 same locality as No. 1 and the egg was 

 fresh, it may have been a second set 

 by the same pair of birds. Egg small 

 1.58x1.27 inches. 



No. 3. — One egg taken June 7th from 

 forks of Cottonwood tree, eight miles 

 northw'est of Alva. Nest twenty -five 

 feet from ground, composed of sticks, 

 with a thin lining of green cottonwood 

 and si^mac leaves. Incubation fresh. 

 Birds at nest. Egg measures 1.57x1.27. 



No. 4. — One egg taken June 7th from 

 fork of white elm, two miles north of 

 Alva. Nest twenty feet from ground, 

 composed of sticks, lined with a few 

 fresh sumac leaves. Birds at nest. 



