THE KINGBIRD. 311 
ance as to 
quite dis- 
courage  in- 
vestiga- 
tion, unless 
the owner’s 
Pic OG Cimee 
gives the se- 
cret of its oc- 
cupancy 
away. It is 
placed — usu- 
ally in an up- 
right or hor- 
izontal fork 
of a tree ata 
height of 
from three 
to forty feet. 
lewis Cush 
weed - stalks 
and trash of 
any kind en- 
ter into the 
basal con- 
struction. 
The charac- 
teristic fea- 
ture of the 
nest, how- 
ever, is the 
mould, or 
mat, of vege- 
Taken on the Licking Reservoir. Photo by the Author. 
table plaster, NEST AND EGGS OF THE KINGBIRD. 
for 5 10) un d THE NEST IS PLACED ABOUT TWO FEET UP IN A WILLOW GROWING IN SEVERAL 
5 FEET OF WATER 
wood, and 
the like, or else compacted wool and cow-hair, which is forced into the inter- 
stices of the outer structure and left smooth and rounded inside, giving shape 
to the nest. This in turn is lined with fine grasses, horse-hair, or variously. 
Occasionally nests are found composed almost entirely of wool. In others 
string is the principal ingredient. 
Eggs are laid at the rate of one each day. Incubation begins when the 
