346 . Jensen, Nesting Birds of Wahpeton, N. D. [j^jy 



Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. — Fairly 

 common. On June 11a nest with six fresh eggs was found in a dead stump 

 on the island. Nest hole about fifteen feet from the ground. 



Colaptes auratus luteus. Flicker. — Very common. One of my 

 nesting boxes was 'occupied and a set of seven eggs laid. Some boys broke 

 off the top of the box, but the Flicker hatched the eggs and raised the young 

 ones just as if mothing had happened. 



Chsetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. — Very common and I find them 

 nesting in several chimneys at the Indian School. 



Archil ochus colubris. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. — I have 

 seen several Hummingbirds in this locality, and July 3 I collected a nest 

 with two fresh eggs about a mile and a half north of Wahpeton, about 

 fifty feet from the river. The nest was placed about twenty feet up in an 

 elm and twelve feet out on a slender limb. June 28 I saw the female 

 building, bringing nesting material every few minutes, and on July 1 the 

 nest was finished and one egg laid. 



Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Very common. Fresh eggs can be 

 found in the last part of June. Sets generally consist of three to four eggs, 

 and nests are placed from two to sixty feet from the ground. On June 25 

 I found a nest in which were three eggs of the Kingbird and two Cowbird*s 

 eggs. 



Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. — Very common. All the 

 nests found were placed in the lower dead branches of Cottonwoods 

 between ten and thirty feet up. In a grove of about an acre I found seven 

 nests with sets of three to four eggs. I never saw the nest placed on the 

 ground but as I very often met both this and the former species on the 

 prairie far from trees and saw them there in pairs for weeks I feel convinced 

 that they either nest on the ground or in weeds. 



Myiarchus crinitus. Crested Flycatcher. — On July 1 near the 

 river I noticed a Crested Flycatcher entering a Flicker's hole with nesting 

 material. The nesting hole was in a dead stump thirty feet from the 

 ground. I did not have an opportunity later to investigate the nest. 



Myiochanes virens. Wood Pewee. — Very common along the river. 



Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. — Very common. I 



found several nests; each containing four eggs and sometimes a Cowbird's 



egg- 



Cyanocitta cristata cristata. Blue Jay. — Not very common. A 

 few pairs nest in the timber along the river. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos. Crow. — Fairly com- 

 mon. A set of six fresh eggs was collected from a nest placed in an elm on 

 the island in the river on April 23, and May 20 a nest with five nearly full 

 grown young was located in a small grove about three miles northwest of 

 the Indian School. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobolink. — Very common. These birds 

 nest in the cultivated grass and cloverfields. I have never found them 

 nesting on the prairies. 



