BIRDS OBSERVED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



100. Olive-sided Flycatcher. Nuttallomis borealis. A rare mi- 



grant. I saw one unmistakably on May 31, 1907, and 

 Mr. Woodruff shot one in Litchfield on Sept. 15, 1905. 



101. Wood Pewee. Contopus virens. Ilather a common sum- 



mer resident, varying locally. 



102. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Empidonax flaviventris. A rare 



migrant. I have met two or three in May. Mr. Wood- 

 ruff has also noted them in spring in Litchfield, and on 

 May 20, 1905, he saw ten of them. 



103. Alder Flycatcher. Empidonax traillii alnorum. Summer 



resident and migrant, irregularly distributed, usually con- 

 sidered rare, perhaps because so silent and retiring. I 

 have known of but one pair in Kent, but Mr. Woodruff 

 finds it a common breeder in Litchfield in wet pas- 

 tures and open meadows in which grow clumps of low 

 alder bushes. Search in similar localities elsewhere may 

 reveal it. 



104. Least Flycatcher. Empidonax minimus. A common sum- 



mer resident. 



105. Homed Lark, or Shore Lark. Otocoris alpestris. An occa- 



sional winter visitor, occurring in small flocks, or singly, 

 sometimes in flocks of Snow Buntings. It is much more 

 common along the coast. On March 7, 1908, I saw 

 about thirty in Lakeville, in three flocks. 



106. Prairie Homed Lark. Otocoris alpestris praticola. A 



rather rare summer resident and migrant. Pairs evi- 

 dently nesting have been reported to me from Litchfield 

 and Goshen. Mr. J. S. Dutcher says that a pair bred in 

 Watertown, in 1904. Mr. John Gath took a nest with 

 four eggs in Torrington, on May 24, 1891, and collected 

 the female. The eggs were identified by Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam. 



107. Blue Jay. Cyanocitta cristata. Common throughout the 



year. 



108. American Crow. Corvus brachyrhynchos. Common 



tliroughout the year. 



109. Starling. Stumus vulgaris. Successfully introduced from 



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