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breeds (J. M. Bates); North Platte, "summer resident, common" (M. K. 

 Barnum) ; Omaha, one killed Aug. 1, 1892, from flock seen in evening (1. S. 

 Trostler). 



Family MICROPODID^.— Swifts. 

 423. Chaetura pelagica {Linn.). — Chimney Swift. 



Omaha, West Point, Lincoln — breeds (L. Bruner); "Abundant in eastern 

 Nebraska" (Aughey); "Summer resident, common, arrive in May" (Tay- 

 lor); "West to the edge of the plains" (Goss) ; Beatrice — nesting (A. S. 

 Pearse); Omaha — breeds (L. Skow) ; Peru, common — breeds (G. A. Coleman); 

 Gage county (F. A. Colby); "common summer resident, breeds in Omaha in 

 large numbers" (L S. Trostler). 



425. Aeronautes melanoleucus {Baird.) — White-throated 

 Rook Swift. 



Harrison, Crawford — breeds (L. Bruner). 



Family TROCHILID.^. — Hummingbirds, 

 428. Trochilus colubris Linn. — Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); Lincoln, June (Aughey); "Sum- 

 mer resident, common (Taylor) ; "West to the high central plains" (Goss); 

 Omaha — nesting (L. Skow); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); "not un- 

 common in residence portions of Omaha, where it nests among vines on 

 ^ porches, etc. " (I. S. Trostler). 



432. Selasphorus platycercus (Swains.). — Broad-tailed Hum- 

 mingbird. 



Cheyenne, Wyo.— common (Allen, Cones); Black Hills— quite common (C. 

 H. Holden) ; several specimens, supposed to be this bird, were seen on Pine 

 Ridge, Sioux, and Dawes counties in the summer of 1891 (L. Bruner). 



Order PASSERES. —Perching Birds. 

 Family TYRANNIDJE.— Tyrant Flycatchers. 



The various species of flycatchers, as the uarae implies, feed upon 

 iusects which they capture for the most part while on the wing. Flies 

 and allied insects are quite prominent ou the bill-of-fare; but these by 

 no means are the only kinds of insects destroyed by them. Many a 

 luckless locust, butterfly, moth or even beetle is snapped up and de- 

 voured by the difi'erent species of the family. 



The "Bee-bird," or Kingbird as it is more frequently called, some 

 times even catches bees. These latter, however, consist largely of 



