FLYCATCHERS: ARKANSAS KINGBIRD 
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and at Las Vegas, April 15, 1902 (Atkins); [two were seen at Albuquerque, May 3, 
1920).]—W. W. Cooke. 
Nest —From 5 to 50 feet from the ground, in trees, about buildings, or in other 
convenient places; made compactly with foundation and outer walls of weed stems, 
twigs, plant fibers, and rootlets, intermixed with cocoons, down, wool, hair, feathers, 
Map 25. Arkansas Kingbird 
Shaded area shows general breeding range. Triangles mark a few regional 
records 
paper, cotton, string, or other available materials. Eggs: 3 to 5, white or creamy, 
spotted with dark brown. 
Food. —The total yearly food examined is 87 per cent animal matter and 13 
per cent vegetable, the vegetable food consisting mostly of fruit, as elder and other 
berries, with a few seeds; while the animal is composed almost entirely of insects. 
Though accused of destroying honey bees to a harmful extent, remains of bees made 
only 5 per cent of the food and nearly all of those were drones. Bees and wasps 
in general amounted to 38 per cent, grasshoppers and crickets, 20 per cent—July 
