Birds Near Minco, Oklahoma 5 



A few pairs were breeding in wet localities near Minco. Indi- 

 viduals were recorded May 25 and May 26. 



10. Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus). — Bob-white. 

 Quail were common in the rolling country west of Minco, and at 



this season males were whistling and calling from the borders of 

 the canyons. They were seen often running along the roads and 

 when startled flew over into the wheat fields that extended on either 

 side. Clumps of sumac along the canyons were favorite hiding 

 places, from which they flushed with roaring wings. Females must 

 have been incubating at this time as few were seen. Two adult 

 males were collected near Leal on May 31. These show no approach 

 to C. V. texaniis. 



11. Zenaidura macroura mnrgincUa (Woodhouse). — Western Mour- 



ning Dove. 

 Abundant. These doves were breeding at this season. One set 

 (probably incomplete) containing a single fresh egg was collected 

 from a nest made of a few rootlets and bits of grass placed on the 

 ground in a cornfield. Another set of two eggs (fresh) was taken 

 from a nest placed two feet from the ground on a mass of drift- 

 wood along the South Canadian River. Both of these were taken 

 on May 26. An adult male taken May 31 is typical of this sub- 

 species. 



12. Cafhartes aura septetrionalis Wied. — Turkey Vulture. 

 A common species that was seen daily. 



13. Buteo borealis horealis (Gmelin). — Red-tailed Hawk. 

 Red-tailed hawks were fairly common. They were recorded on 



May 23 and 29. 



14. Coccyzus americanus americaniis (Linnaeus). — Yellow-billed 



Cuckoo. 



Tolerably common. An adult female was taken on May 23 and 

 another on May 29. The birds were found in small groves with 

 dense undergrowth. The two specimens taken measure as follows: 



No. 1123 (Coll. A. W.) ?, May 23, 1905, wing 145 mm., tail 

 139.5 mm. 



No. 1160 (Coll. A. W.) ?, May 29, 1905, wing 141.3 mm., tail 

 130.5 mm. 



15. Streptoceryle alcyon alcyon (Linnaeus). — Belted Kingfisher. 

 A few kingfishers were nesting near Minco. I saw them fishing 



about a small slough and found several nesting holes in a railroad 

 cut near the South Canadian River. May 23 a bird was seen 

 perched near these nests with a minnow in its bill so that there 

 may have been young at that date. An adult male collected May 

 24 has the following measurements: 



