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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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y honey bees, only one of which was aworker. The Arkansas kingbirds sometimes nest in odd situationsabout fences or stumps, but usually they nest in a low tree.Three to five light green eggs, spotted with purple, aredeposited in bulky nests composed of weed stems, wool, andhair. ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER The Ash-throated Flycatcher is very similar to ourcrested flycatcher of the eastern United States. The rangeof the ash-throated is west of the Rocky Mountains, wherethey are comparatively common in Utah, Colorado, Nevada,and Oregon. A shy bird of retiring habits, it prefers thesolitude of deep shady forests, where the insect food of thisuseful bird abounds. It is usually sole possessor of thetree in which its nest is built. Like the kingbird, thisbeautiful flycatcher is pugnacious, attacking all featheredintruders when they appear near the old cavity containingthe nest. Old hollows, formerly used by squirrels or woodpeckers,are favorite nesting sites. The eggs, like those of the crested
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ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER. i Life-size. RIGHT 1904. BV A. w. MUMFORD, CHICAGO

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