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State it is confined to the Carolinean faunal area, common in the lower 

 Hudson valley as far north as the lower edge of the highlands, fairly com- 

 mon in the western portion of Long Island, but local and uncommon in 

 Suffolk county. In the upper Hudson valley and on the lowlands of 

 western New York it is very irregular in occurrence and must be regarded 

 as rare or certainly uncommon. Mr Bicknell found it breeding at River- 

 dale from the 10th to the 25th of June; Doctor Fisher called it a common 

 summer resident at Ossining; Mr Brownell found it a fairly common summer 

 resident at Nyack; Mr Roosevelt and Mr Howell found it fairly common 

 in the vicinity of Oyster Bay, Northport and Wood Haven, Long Island; 

 Mr Helm has taken two nests with eggs at Millers Place in Suffolk county. 

 In the interior of New York the definite records are as follows: 



Amsterdam, June 5, 1885; Syracuse, May 29, 1887, Smithsonian 

 Institution collection no. 162,523; Ithaca, June 4, 1899, T. L. Hankinson, 

 Hilton, August 14, 1903, seen by Albert H. Wright. Definite breeding 

 records for the interior are: Fairhaven, July 18, 1876, see Auburn list, 

 page 23; Canandaigua, 1883, nest found by E. J. Durand; Niagara county, 

 June 14, 1887, female with nest and three eggs taken by J. L. Davison; 

 Chili, Monroe county, June 29, 1900, nest found by E. H. Short; Meridian, 

 Cayuga county, July 4, 1891, nest with three eggs, see Bendire, Life His- 

 tories, 2:302; Erie, Pa., June 26, 1899, see Todd, Birds of Erie, page 563; 

 Woodlawn, Monroe county, N. Y., May 30, 1909, nest seen by the author. 

 Besides these, reports of its breeding not confirmed by specimens are: 

 Buffalo, O. Reinecke; Onondaga county, A. W. Perrior; Rensselaer county, 

 Dr T. B. Heimstreet; Little Falls, J. R. Benton; Orleans county, 

 O. Reinecke; Jamestown, Mrs R. R. Rogers; West Barry, C. D. Clarkson 

 and G. D. Gillett. 



The Acadian or Green-crested flycatcher inhabits the dense wood- 

 land, usually of second growth deciduous trees, and seems to prefer dry 

 situations to swampy localities. Its note is usually written " wick-up," 

 or " Mck-up," often followed by a harsh, abrupt " gueep-queep "; at other 



times its call sounds like " whoty-whoty" (Bendire). The nest is usually 

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