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2. Killdeer /Egialitis vocifera. Like the above, this is a 

 a decreasing species. Now found only in well watered 

 meadows, in this neighborhood. One pair annually 

 nest near the foot of the hill, in the valley, and just 

 inside my territory. 2 



3. Bobwhite Colinus virginianus. The last covey was 

 exterminated within recent years. Astray cock may 

 be heard nearly every summei;, but apparently always 

 mateless. Kansas birds are now being introduced in 



the valley and are taking to the hills. i 



4. Mourning Dove Zcnaidura macroura. I have not 

 found the Turtle Dove very common in this vicinity. 

 Three pairs noted this year and two pairs in former 

 years. 4 



5. Cooper's Hawk Accipitcr cooperi. The Privateer is 

 pretty evenly distributed throughout this section. A 

 pirate always, it takes possession of a Crow's nest 

 *vell up in hardwood timber. One, sometimes two 

 pairs, nest in the block. 2 



6. Broad-winged Hawk Buko latissimus. A regular 

 breeder in chosen territory. This tract has seldom 

 been without a pair. Incubation in one instance 

 twenty-four days, and young left nest in about forty- 

 one days. 2 



7. Sparrow Hawk Falco sparverius. For many years 

 a pair occupied the hollow limb of a revolutionary 

 "watch tree," overlooking the valley; an immense 

 chestnut nearly eight feet in diameter at the base ; 

 fire and a great wind storm leveled this giant to 

 the earth one year ago, however, and I have not yet 

 yet located the present nesting site of the birds. 2 



8. Screech Owl Megascops asio. In this section the red 

 phase predominates. Four pairs may be safely given. 8 



9. Yellow^billed Cuckoo Coccv{iiS americanus. This 

 and its relative, the Black-bill, destroy a great many 

 of the hairy caterpillar pests. From three to six pairs 



are annually present. 8 



