528 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



B. minimus, Bd. Least Flycatcher. 



Olive gray ; bill blackish below, length less than | inch ; 

 wing-bands usually whiter than in preceding ; middle toe half as 

 long as tarsus (shorter than in preceding) ; otherwise difficult to 

 distinguish from preceding. 



" Numerous from May till October. Prefers tall trees, but is 

 more sociable than the foregoing. Is frequently seen in towns, 

 especially about old mulberry trees. Nidificate in May, raising 

 one brood. Strictly inoffensive." 



B. acadicus, Grael. Blue-gray Flycatcher. Small Green-crested Fly- 

 catcher. Acadian Flycatcher. 



Clear olive green, with buffy wing bands ; whitish or yellow- 

 ish below ; yellow ring about eyes ; bill pale below. Length, 6 

 inches ; tail, 2| inches. 



"Abundant everywhere from May till late in October. Like 

 the foregoing, prefers tall trees, and is a sociable little bird, 

 although abundant in secluded timber lands. Nidificate in May, 

 and occasionally again in July." 



B. flaviventris, Bd. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



Clear olive green ; yellow below ; bright yellow on belly ; bill 

 yellow below. Length, 5^ inches ; tail, 2| inches. 



"Although numerous in the northern portions of the State, 

 this bird generally is not an abundant species. Prefers unfre- 

 quented localities and is seldom seen in towns, as are the fly- 

 catchers generally." 



Family ALAUDIDJE. 



Larks. 







OTOOORIS, Bonap. 



O. alpeetris, L. (Eremophila cornuta.) Shore Lark. Horned Lark. 



Tarsus sentellate in front and behind ; nostrils concealed by 

 tuft of feathers ; a slight tuft of feathers over each ear. Nest 

 imbedded in ground under shelter of grass, &c. Pinkish brown, 

 thickly streaked ; a black crescent on breast and strip under eye; 



