130 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. CLAMATORES. 



TYR.AN^NIDAE. 



Vt. — Uncommon local summer resident at lower elevations 

 south to Londonderry. May 16-sumraer. 



Mass. — Rare migrant and possible summer resident on !Mt. 

 Greylock (June 15, 1907). (May 10) May lo-June 10 (June 

 15); Aug. 25-Sept. 10 (Nov. 29, 1876, Reading; Dec. 1, 1876, 

 Newton). 



R. I. — Rare migrant. ^Slay 21; (? July 27) Aug. 7. 



Coxx. — Uncommon migrant. ^lay 20-early June; Sept. 17. 



246. Empidoxax virescexs (A'ieillot) Brewster. 

 Green-crested flycatcher; Acadian flycatcher. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 249. Egg, 

 Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 2, figs. 26, 27. 



Platyrhynchos vircscens Vieill., Xouv. diet, d'hist. nat., 1818, 

 vol. 27, p. 22. Xo locality, based on Wilson. 



Miiscicapa acadica Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, 

 vol. 1, p. 221, pi. 62. 



Deep woods near water; nests, pensile, in low trees. 



Vt. — Rare summer resident: Bennington (nest with young, 

 July 14, 1904) ; various doubtful records. 



Mass. — Very rare summer resident (Hyde Park, 1888; nee 

 Springfield). 



Coxx. — Rare local summer resident (Greenwich, Stamford, 

 Suffield). Eggs, June 2-22. 



247. Empidoxax traillii alxorum Brewster. 

 Alder flycatcher; Traill's flycatcher. 



Brewst., Auk, 1895, vol. 12, p. 161. "Uptox, Maixe." Bird- 

 lore, 1908, vol. 10, plate in no. .3, figs. 2, 3. Egg, Bendire, 1895, 

 vol. 2, pi. 2, fig. 30. ,^ 



Alder swamps; nests in low bushes. 



Me. — Common local summer resident. (May 15) ^lay 18- 

 Sept. 5. Eggs, June 21. 



