The Oologist. 



VOL. XVIII. NO. 9. ALBION, N. Y., SEPTEMBER, 1901. Whole No. 180 



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Nesting Habits of the Broad-tailed 

 Hummingbird. 



The nesting habits of the Broad-tailed 

 Hummingbird, while, perhaps, not un- 

 like those of the Ruby-throat, are at 



least worthy of note in its peculiarities. 



It is a common breeding bird in this 

 locality, often noticing the male in its 

 bright colors and sharp whistling aerial 

 flights; the female humming, nest build- 

 ing and feeding. 



One peculiar trait of the male bird is 

 its manner of flight during the breeding 

 season. As the female is occupied in 

 nest building, incubating, etc., her mate 

 enjoys the time in sporting, rising by 

 short, sharp flights to a height at which 

 it is seen with difficulty and it returns 

 to earth with a plunge, terminating in 

 a miniature booming sound, not unlike 

 that of the Nightnawk. Rising again as 

 before and repeating until the little 

 thing seems exhausted and alights on a 

 bush or twig to rest. 



The sharp chattering or screeching 

 note uttered during its flight is a pecul- 

 iarity of the male only and from close 

 observation I believe it to be made by 

 the wings of the bird. 



The first nest that I ever saw was 

 built under a bridge and attached to a 

 knot on a small stick, one end of which 

 was held firmly between the planks. 



Numerous nests of this species have 

 been observed during the past few years 

 since the one above noted, and all, with 

 one exception, were saddled upon dead 

 branches of oak saplings close to the 

 tree-trunk. 



The first nest noticed in '97 was dis- 

 covered by seeing the female carrying 

 material for its construction. IiS posi- 

 tion was on a dead stubby branch, close 

 to and under the body of a leaning oak 

 seven feet from the ground and protected 

 from sun and rain by the body of the 

 tree. 



One egg was deposited and covered 

 by the down in the bottom of the nest. 



