Vol. XXII 

 '905 



Stockard, Nesting Habits' of Mississippi Birds. zSZ 



the number placed before the name of the same species in the 

 above articles; the species is given by the common name; under 

 occurrence three terms are used : common — indicating that the 

 bird was abundant and readily found ; casual — birds not popu- 

 larly known though not really rare; rare — birds that were seldom 

 seen and few nests found ; under nest location will be given the 

 general character of the vicinity in which the nests were usua41y 

 built ; earliest date indicates the earliest date of the season on 

 which I recorded nests of the given species ; latest date the other 

 extreme date ; maximum date means the season during which 

 most eggs of the species were to be found ; number of nests is self- 

 explanatory, but I may add that in several cases of the common 

 species this number does not represent all the nests seen but only 

 those specially observed. 



