Life histories of North American cuckoos, goatsuckers, hummingbirds and their allies, part 1 [of 2]

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PLATE 1 Groove-billed Ani.

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Tela, Honduras, July 5, 1930.

A. F. Skutch.

Female on nest.

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Ulua Valley, Honduras, August 5, 1930.

A. F. Skutch.

Nest of two pairs.

PLATE 2 Groove-billed Ani.

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Tela, Honduras, July 21, 1930.

A. F. Skutch.

Young 11 days old.

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Tela, Honduras, August 15, 1930.

A. F. Skutch.

Young about 6 days old.

PLATE 3 Roadrunner.

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Fairbank, Ariz., May 18, 1922.

A. C. Bent.

Nest in a willow.

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San Diego County, Calif., April 9, 1929.

A. C. Bent.

Nest in a pricklypear.

PLATE 4 Roadrunners.

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Adult taking lizard to feed young.

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Arizona.

W. L. and Irene Finley.

Small young in nest.

PLATE 5 Roadrunners.

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Mojave Desert, Calif., May 28, 1916.

W. M. Pierce.

Young nearly grown.

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Arizona.

W. L. and Irene Finley.

Adult on nest.

PLATE 6

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Logan County, Ill., June 21, 1913.

A. D. DuBois.

Nest of Yellow-billed Cuckoo

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Arizona.

F. C. Willard.

Nest of California Cuckoo.

PLATE 7 Yellow-billed Cuckoos and Young.

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Battle Creek, Mich., August 30, 1936.

L. H. Walkinshaw.

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Ithaca N. Y.

A. A. Allen.

PLATE 8 Nest of Black-billed Cuckoo.

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Sioux City, Iowa.

T. C. Stephens.

PLATE 9 Black-billed Cuckoo.

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Omaha, Nebr., July 1, 1901.

F. H. Shoemaker.

Young in juvenal plumage.

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Hennepin County, Minn., June 11, 1935.

A. D. DuBois.

A well-made nest.

PLATE 10 Young Black-billed Cuckoos.

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Showing the sucking pads.

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Ithaca, N. Y.

A. A. Allen.

Showing the unopened feather sheaths.

PLATE 11 Adult Black-billed Cuckoo on Nest.

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Allen Frost.

PLATE 12 Eastern Belted Kingfishers.

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Carver County, Minn., June 29, 1936.

A. D. DuBois.

Feeding young at entrance.

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Ithaca, N. Y.

A. A. Allen.

Brooding newly hatched young.

PLATE 13 Eastern Belted Kingfishers.

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Young just hatched.

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Ithaca, N. Y.

A. A. Allen.

Older young.

PLATE 14 Eastern Belted Kingfisher.

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Ann Arbor, Mich.

F. N. Wilson.

PLATE 15 Nesting of Western Belted Kingfisher.

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Jackson County, Oreg., May 24, 1931.

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J. E. Patterson.

PLATE 16 Texas Kingfishers.

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Copana Bay, Tex.

G. F. Simmons.

Nesting site.

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Near Los Amates, Guatemala, May 5, 1932.

A. F. Skutch.

Young ready to leave nest.

PLATE 17 Young Ringed Kingfishers.

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April 10, 1932.

Nestling 2 weeks old.

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Near Los Amates, Guatemala, April 26, 1932.

A. F. Skutch.

Juvenal 29 days old.

PLATE 18 Nesting of Chuck-will’s-widow.

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Near Dania, Fla., April 14, 1927.

D. J. Nicholson.

PLATE 19 Chuck-will’s-widow.

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Plant City, Fla., May 1934.

A. M. Bailey. Courtesy of Chicago Academy of Sciences.

Female and young.

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Miami County, Kans., May 24, 1929.

Walter Colvin.

Eggs in nest.

PLATE 20 Young Chuck-will’s-widows.]

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Duval County, Fla., May 22, 1932.

S. A. Grimes.

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Dade County, Fla.

F. N. Irving.

PLATE 21 Nesting of Eastern Whippoorwill.

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Raynham, Mass., June 5, 1903.

A. C. Bent.

PLATE 22 Eastern Whippoorwills.

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Sangamon County, Ill., May 17, 1908.

A. D. DuBois.

Downy young.

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St. Lambert, Quebec.

L. M. Terrill.

Young 16 days old.

PLATE 23 Eastern Whippoorwill.

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St. Lambert, Quebec, June 11, 1933.

L. M. Terrill.

Female brooding young.

PLATE 24 Nests of Stephens’s Whippoorwill.

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Huachuca Mountains, Ariz.

F. C. Willard.

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Santa Rita Mountains, Ariz., June 27, 1932.

A. J. van Rossem.

PLATE 25 Nests of Dusky Poorwills.

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Mariposa County, Calif., June 21, 1933.

J. E. Patterson.

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Stanislaus County, Calif., June 23, 1934.

J. E. Patterson.

PLATE 26 Dusky Poorwill on Nest.

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Stanislaus County, Calif., June 23, 1934.

J. E. Patterson.

PLATE 27 Eggs and Young of Dusky Poorwill.

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San Bernardino County, Calif.

W. M. Pierce.

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Longbard, Calif.

E. C. Aldrich.

PLATE 28 Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis albicollis).

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May 20, 1930.

Nest and eggs.

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Lancetilla Valley, Honduras, May 22, 1930.

A. F. Skutch.

Young 1 and 2 days old.

PLATE 29 Eastern Nighthawk.

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Michigan, June 18, 1924.

K. Christofferson.

Roof nest.

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Near Church Creek, Md.

F. R. Smith.

Ground nest.

PLATE 30 Eastern Nighthawk.

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Roosting poses.

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Charlevoix, Mich., June 20, 1925.

W. E. Hastings.

A well-made ground nest.

PLATE 31 Eastern Nighthawks.

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Brunswick, Maine, June 25, 1921.

A. O. Gross.

Young 1 day old.

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Brunswick, Maine, June 27, 1922.

A. O. Gross.

Young 12 days old.

PLATE 32 Eastern Nighthawks.

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Brunswick, Maine, July 11, 1921.

A. O. Gross.

Young 17 days old.

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Brunswick, Maine, July 18, 1921.

A. O. Gross.

Young 24 days old.

PLATE 33 Eastern Nighthawks.

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Brunswick, Maine, June 16, 1922.

A. O. Gross.

Adult male roosting.

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Brunswick, Maine, June 16, 1921.

A. O. Gross.

Adult female incubating.

PLATE 34 Nesting Sites of Pacific Nighthawks.

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Jackson County, Oreg., June 22, 1924.

J. E. Patterson.

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Flathead County, Mont., June 30, 1914.

A. D. DuBois.

PLATE 35 Pacific Nighthawk.

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Flathead County, Mont., July 12, 1914.

A. D. DuBois.

PLATE 36 Nesting of Howell’s Nighthawk.

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July 4, 1911.

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North Park, Colo., June 28, 1911.

E. R. Warren.

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