. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TUE SVVALLOW-TAlliKl) KITE. 171 ( hie liiid l)iit'ii iiicubatoil tor about ti wcok, tho otlior was fri^sli. Tho iicHt was situated in the extreme top of ii slemler pine, 8(1 I'eet tVoni tiie <rroini<l. Hotli parents nuido nuich ado, tlyini'' down at my climlier from ai)ove at an an^^le of altout 45 deijfrees. Tlie call note of this species sometimes sounds very nuicli like tho 'puot, peet,' of the Spotted Sandi)i|)er. "I think l)oth parents a
. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TUE SVVALLOW-TAlliKl) KITE. 171 ( hie liiid l)iit'ii iiicubatoil tor about ti wcok, tho otlior was fri^sli. Tho iicHt was situated in the extreme top of ii slemler pine, 8(1 I'eet tVoni tiie <rroini<l. Hotli parents nuido nuich ado, tlyini'' down at my climlier from ai)ove at an an^^le of altout 45 deijfrees. Tlie call note of this species sometimes sounds very nuicli like tho 'puot, peet,' of the Spotted Sandi)i|)er. "I think l)oth parents assist in incui)ation, and that hut one brood is raised in a year. In Florida, lik(^ the IJald Kai^les, tliey neiu'ly idways nest in pine trees and in the tallest they can find, l)Ut, unlike the latter, which always select trees of the irds nest in IJecker County, Miime- sota, from about May 1") through dinu', the nests lu-ing usuidly plac(*d in Ituss- wood trees anil in the extreme to|)s, from .")(> to 80 foot high. An unusual nesting site found by him was in a slender canoi^ l)irch al)out 4() feet from the ground. Their call notes are a shrill keen "o-o-o," or "wo-we-we," uttered in a high key, which is very |)Iercing and may l)e heard at a great distance. In .Minnesota their nests are usually found in dense woods not far from They art! highly ; disturl) a nest and e\-erv Kite in tin; neighl)orhood is soon on hand, lie has found them not iipt to attack a pi-rson, Itut they do attiudi other birds coming in tiie \icinity of their iionu's. He says: "Of all aerial pcafonnaiu'cs I have ever witnessed, tho mating of the .Swallow-tailed Kite excels. Ever charming and elegmit, they outdo themselves at this season. In thti sjn'ing of 188(! they chose as their mating ground an o])on s])ace over the mouth of an ice-cold brook thiit nuide its way out from a dark tangled larch swanij). From my bout on tlu^ lak(^ I had an excellent vi
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