SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 



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459. Contopus borealis (Swains.). — Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Lincoln (L. Bruner) ; "only occasionally met it in Nebraska" (Aughey); 

 "Summer resident, rare" (Taylor); "The whole of northern North America" 



(Goss). 



461. Contopus virens (Linn.). — Wood Pewee. 



Lincoln, Weeping Water, Nebraska City (L. Bruner); eastern Nebraska 

 (Aughey); "Summer resident, common" (Taylor) "West to edge of Great 

 Plains" (Goss); Omaha — breeding (L. Skow) ; Peru, common — breeds (G. A. 

 Coleman); Omaha, " a not common summer resident, breeds" (L S. Trostler). 



462. Contopus richardsonii («SM7ams.). — Western Wood Pewee. 



Sioux county, Dismal river (L. Bruner); "Frequently seen wherever there is 

 woodland or timber-skirted streams in western Nebraska " (Aughey); "Given 

 by Bayard and Aughey as a summer resident in the western part of the state " 

 (Taylor); " East to western Nebraska and Texas " (Goss); Omaha — breeds (L. 

 Skow). 



463. Empidonax flaviventris -Baird— Yellow-bellied Fly- 



catcher. 



Lincoln, West Point (L. Bruner) ; sparingly in eastern Nebraska (Aughey). 



Fig. 38. — Acadian Flycatcher. 



465. Empidonax virescens (F/ei//.). — Green-crested Fly- 

 catcher; Acadian Flycatcher. 



West Point (L. Bruuer); "West into Nebraska and middle Texas" (Goss); 

 Omaha— breeding (L. Skow); "a common summer resident, breeds in June 

 and departs in September" (L S. Trostler.) 



466a. Empidonax traillii (^^/d).— Traill's Flycatcher. 



Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner) ; " moat abundant of the two [forms] " (Aughey) ; 

 " Migratory, rare, has been seen in the western part of the state in August " (Tay- 



