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1873. Hersey, J. L. Bees and Kingbirds [Tyrannus carolinensis]. <^A7n, Xat., vii, 

 1873, p. 434. 

 Xote from tlie American Bee Journal, to the effect that Tyrannui carolinen»is eats bees. 

 1873. Hersey, J. L. Bees and King Birds [Tyrannus carolinensis]. <[ Am. Sports- 

 man, ii, 1873, p. 166; see also ibid., iii, 1873, p. 51. 

 From American Bee Journal ; Tyrannus carolinensis eats the drone hive-bees. 

 1873. Merriam, C. H. The OUve-sided Flycatcher [Contopusborealis, in New York]. 

 -CAm. Nat, vii, 1873, p. 750. 

 Notes on habits; contianed, op. cit, vili, 1874, p. 309. 



1873. Sclater, p. L. Note on the Genus Omithion of Hartlaub. < P. Z. S., 1873, 



pp. 576-578. 



Synopsis of 4 spp. of this genus, with which Camptostoma Scl. and Myiopatis Cab. are con- 

 sidered synonymous. See especially Lawrence, Ibis, 1876, p. 497. 



1874. Breweb, T. M. The Oliv-e-sided Fly Catcher [Contopusborealis]. <^ Am. Sports- 



man, iv, 1874, p. 198. 

 Denies the allegation that it is a "rare" species in New England. 

 1874. Cabot, J. E. The Olive-sided Flycatcher [Contopus borealis]. <^Am. Nat., 

 viii, 1874, p. 240. 

 Memorandum of the original discovery of the speceis in Massachusetts. 

 1874. Deaxe, E. Olive-sided Flycatcher [Contopus borealis]. <^^ni. jVaf., viii, 1674, 

 pp. 308-309. 

 Field-notes. 

 1874. Editorial. [Alleged occurrence of Tyrannus dominicensis on Long Island.] 



<^ Forest and Stream, ii, July 23, 1874, p. 373. 

 1874. Hall, F. W. The Mycharchus [i. c, Myiarchus] crinitus. <^ Forest and Stream, 



iii, Dec. 3, 1874, p. 261. 

 1874. Lawrence, G. N. Descriptions of Two New Species of Birds of the Families 

 Tanagridse and Tyrannidte. <[ Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, July, l':<74, pp. 

 70-72. 

 The Tyrannine here described is Myiarchus flammulatus, p. 71, from Tehuantepec. Mexico. 

 1874. Merriam, C. H. The Olive-sided Flycatcher [Contopus borealis]. <^ Am. Nat., 

 viii, 1874, p. 309. 

 Further {op. dt, vii, 1873, 750) field-notes. 



1874. Morris, R. T. The Crested Ply-catcher [Myiarchus crinitus]. <C Forest and 



Stream, ii, May 14, 1874, p. 213. 



1875. Baird, S. F. [Note of the occurrence of T>-rannus verticalis in Maryland, near 



Washington, D. C] < Jhh. Bep. Smithson. Inst, for 1874, 1875, p. 32. 



The original notice of the occurrence. The capture was made by P. L. Jouy ; see his Cata- 

 logue of the Birds of the District of Columbia, in Field and Forest, ii, No. 9, 1877, pp. l.H-156, 

 and No. 10, 1877, pp. 178-181. 



1876. "Bridgeport." Cats vs. Birds. <:^Eod and Gun, vii, Feb. 19, 1876, p. 329. 



King-birds whipping a cat. Compare p. 294. 

 1876. Henshaw, H. W. On two Empidonaces, traillii and acadicus. <^ Bull. Nutt 

 Ornith. Club, i. No. 1, Apr., 1876, pp. 14-17. 



"With special reference to differences in their geographical distribution, nests, and eggs. 

 The subject is well handled, and the author's remarks have been established by later erperi- 

 ences. 



S. F. Baird was the first to fix the species of our smaller Flycatchers with any satisfactory 

 degree of precision. This he did in 1858 ; since which time, no material modification has been 

 estabhshed among the N. Am. species of Empidonax. The history, however, of the habits of 

 these birds, especially of their geographical distribution, nesting, and eggs, has been much 

 involved. Little reliance can be placed on the accounts given by WUson, Nuttall and Au- 

 dubon ; and even since 1858, there have been several mistakes made in the writings of Allen, 

 Brewer and Coues, with reference to the distribution of acadicui in New England, and to the 

 nests and eggs of all four of the eastern species. Late papers in the Xuttall Bulletin, how- 

 ever, have at length cleared up the confusion ; and no one should presume to write on the 

 habits of birds of this genus without consulting the present paper by Henshaw, and the sev- 

 eral others in the Nuttall Bulletin by Purdie, Osborne, Batchelder and Coues, cited beyond in 

 this bibliography. 



