BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



the nests of this species; sometimes in the nest 

 proper, and again placed around the sides of it, in 

 all probability for protective purposes, and changed 

 and rearranged from time to time" . . . probably 

 hung outside to "alarm intruders." ^ 



THE Crested Flycatcher lives in eastern North Amer- 

 ica; breeds from southern Canada to Florida, and 

 winters in Mexico and northern South America. He is a 

 common summer resident of the Middle and Southern 

 States especially. Though louder-voiced than his rela- 

 tives, the kingbird, phoebe, and wood pewee, he is not so 

 well known because he is shyer. He is not so pugnacious 

 as the kingbird, but he is known to light fiercely for a 

 mate. 



THE OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 



Flycatcher Family — Tyrannidce 



Length: About 7V2 inches. 



Male and Female : Upper parts and sides olive-gray, the gray 

 extending across the breast; throat and belly yel- 

 lowish, the yellow extending in a point almost to the 

 center of the breast; a patch of whitish feathers on 

 both sides of the back near the rump; head slightly 

 crested; bill long, black above, yellow below, bris- 

 tles at the base, wings and tail olive-brown. 



Notes: A monotonous call-note. Pit-pit-pit, and a loud, clear 

 Peep-here or Peep-peep-here, frequently uttered from 

 the top of a tall spruce. 



Habitat: Groves of conifers. 



Range: North and South America. Breeds from central 



iFrom "Life Histories of North American Birds," by Major Charles 

 Bendire. 



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