1899] Tufts — Birds of King's Co., N.S. 231 



Colaptes auratus (Linn:) Flicker. 



Abundant from April to October. Usually the flicker's nest 



is situated quite a distance from the ground, as one of the bird's 



names—" high-hole " — suggests, but last summer a nest was 



observed so low that the bottom was on a level with the ground 



outside the stump in which the nest was made. The nine eggs 



which this nest contained were also remarkable. One &^^ was 



no larger than a sparrow's and contained no yolk while the 



other eight varied greatly in shape, from spherical to extremely 



elongate. 



Chordeiles virg-inianus [Gmc'.) Night-Hawk. 

 Abundant from May 20th till September. 



Chaetura pelagica {Lmn.) Chimney Swift 



Abundant from May till the middle of September. 

 Trochilus colubris {Linn.) Hu.mmixg-iurd. 



Common during the summer. 

 Tyrannus tyrannus {Linn.) Kingbird 



Fairly abundant from the middle of May till the middle of 

 September. 

 Contopus borealis (Sicains.) Olivf sided Flycatcher. 



Fairly common from May 20th till October. Two sets of 

 eggs of this- bird from Wolfville are now in the National Museum 

 at Ottawa. 

 Contopus virens (LJmi.) Wood Pewfe 



Not very common, but prctt\' c\-cnly distributed. Arrives 

 here from the south, about the ist of June, and leaves again 

 about the ist of September. 

 Empidonax flaviventris Baird Yei.low-bellifd Flycatcher. 



Fairly common in dense low woods during the summer. 

 Empidonax traillii {AnJ.) Traill's Flycatcher. 



Quite common from June till September. 

 Empidonax minimus Baird. Least Flycatcher. 



Common from the middle of May till September. 

 Otocoris alpestris {Linn.) Horned Lark 



Very common from November till April. 



