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198-'t(>5-(384). Enipi<louax acadiciis (Gmel.). *Acadian Flycatcher; Smali> 

 Green-crested Flycatcher. 



Abundant; usually in thick woods; May to August; "in southern part of the 

 state"' (Prof. J. A. Allen); "common summer resident at St. Joseph ; (O. B. Warren)^ 

 "common at Greenville" (Prof. Jas. Satterlee); "common at Port Sanilac" (W. A. 

 Oldheld); "common migrant at Mackinac Island'' (S. K. White); breeds; nests in 

 June at the end of limbs of trees or bushes; " nes^ attached to a horizontal 

 branch of tree five to twenty feet high, in damp shady woods" (Jerome Trombley); 

 " nests along creeks in elder bushes, and is very shy " (Dr. W. C. Brownell); eggs 

 two to four, usually three, color as in Wood Pewee. This bird is often mistaken 

 for the next two species. 



19{)-4()6a-(385). Empidonax pusillus traillii {Aud.). *Traill's Flycatcher. 



Rather common; "common in some localities in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); 

 "abundant migrant at Mackinac Island, where it arrives from August 5 to 14: and 

 departs from September 3 to 10" (S. E. White); "common and breeds in Wayne 

 Co. and not uncommon on Keweenaw Point" (E. W. Durfee); breeds "rare at Ann 

 Arbor'" (Robt. H. Wolcott); "have found twenty-five or thirty nests for several 

 consecutive years in Dundee Township, where they nest in willows by marshes^ 

 in communities, in fork of bush from three to six feet high" (Jerome Trombley); 

 nests in June, usually in willows and alder bushes, beside streams; "nests in thick 

 woods at end of beech or maple limbs"" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); has not Dr. Brownell 

 mistaken the Acadian for Traill's Flycatcher in the above notes ? Such misidenti- 

 fications are common in studying these birds; eggs four, indistinguishable from 

 those of the Acadian Flycatcher. N. A. Eddy reports this and the next species at 

 Bay City. 



200-46 7-(38 7). Empidonax miiiimns Baird. *Least Flycatcher. 



Common throughout the state; much more common here than either of the two 

 preceding species; April till September; "common in Hillsdale Co." (A. H. Boies); 

 several taken at the college in May, 1893, by A. B. Cook; "common in Monroe Co." 

 (Jerome Trombley); "rare at Albion" (O. B. Warren); "common at Port Sanilac" 

 (W. A. Oldfield); "Mackinac Island usually as a migrant'" (S. E. White); "abundant 

 in Kent and Washtenaw Counties, but rare in Wayne and on Keweenaw Point "^ 

 (E. W. Durfee); "Iron Mountain"" (E. E. Brewster); breeds: often double brooded; 

 nest found in Wayne Co. by A. Durfee in 1889; nests in May, in trees in woods, 

 occasionally in orchard and other trees, frequently close by the house; eggs four, 

 white or creamy white. We find this species far more common here than either 

 of the two preceding. 



Suborder OSCINES. Song Birds. 



Family ALAUDIDiE. Larks. 

 Insect feeders; sing on the wing. 



Genus OTOCORIS Bonap. 

 201-4r74:-(82). Otoeoris alpestris {Linn.). *Horned Lark ; Shore Lark. 



Rather rare; irregular fall and spring visitor; "late fall in Kent Co. and very 

 common at Mackinac Island about the middle of September, where the Indians 



