186 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Jan. 



Order Passeres Perching Birds, 

 tyrannid^ flycatchers. 



133. Tyrannus tyrannus, Kingbird. A common summer 

 resident. It arrives early in May (4th to 16th), and the last of 

 the breeding birds leave about August 28th (Mrs. Brown). 



134. Myiarchus criniius. Crested Flycatcher. A moderately 

 common summer resident. Its coming and going coincides with 

 that of the Kingbird. But, while the latter is a bird of the open 

 field and meadow, perching on fences and wires, this is distinctly 

 a woodland bird. At Blueberry Point, Chelsea, etc., one or two 

 pairs may usually be met with. At the former place a nes.t with 

 four eggs, in a Flicker's hole, was found June 12th, 1909. 



135. Sayornis phcebe,'Ph.cehe. A common summer resident. 

 For an insectivorous bird it comes very early, too early lur its 

 own welfare, one would think. The first date is March 28th. 

 A nest with four eggs was found May 14th. The latest date is 

 October 9th. 



136. Nultalornis borealis, Olive-sided Flvcatcher. This 

 interesting northern flycatcher is a rare summer resident over 

 most of the district, although rather common in its chosen 

 haunts, e.g., the western end of Meach Lake. In places like this, 

 swampy borders of lakes and streams, fringed or overgrown with 

 spruces, it breeds, and there its call: hood take care, may be 

 heard all day long. The swampy widening of the canal at the 

 Experimental Farm also harbored a pair in 1909. During their 

 migration, from May 17th, they may be seen in the spruces along 

 the water-front, Hull, and around Cache Bay. Thev leave 

 unostentatiously in August. 



137. Myiochanes virens, Wood Pewee. A common summer 

 resident. Like most of the flycatchers it arrives late, during the 

 second half of May, the 12th being a very early date. It breeds 

 where there are large trees in open woods or in city streets, where 

 their monotonous pee-a-wee mav be heard at all hours of the day 

 and sometimes of the night The local birds have gone bv the 

 1st of September, the 22nd being the latest date for any 

 migrants. 



138. Empidonax flaviventris , Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. A 

 rare summer resident, breeding sparingly in the Mer Bleue and 

 the silent moist evergreen woods in the northern part of the 

 district. Dates: May 10th to August 15th. 



139. Empidonax traillii alnorum, Alder Flycatcher. A com- 

 mon summer resident. The name well indicates its habitat. It 

 is common in the alder fringe around the Mer Bleue, in the Beaver 

 Meadow and similar places. Dates: May 19th, August 15th. 



140. Empidonax minimus, Least Flycatcher, Chebec. A 



