WESTERN BIRDS nycatcher 



hydrant. The large pellets of mud were placed on the 

 nest with a shake of the head and much pounding down 

 with the bill. Fine grasses were also woven in and one 

 long palm fiber waved in the breeze. Usually the bird 

 came and went quietly, paying no attention to my pres- 

 ence. Occasionally she gave the phceb note as she ap- 

 proached. 



After working at the nest for five days the family tore 

 it down because of the mud and dirt on the newly- 

 painted house, and after several efforts to rebuild she 

 gave up and went elsewhere. 



One June I found a Phoebe's nest at Cold Brook Camp, 

 about 4,000 feet elevation in the Sierra Madre Moun- 

 tains, which was placed under the eaves of the office. 

 I was told that a former nest had accidentally been torn 

 down and was left on a wire spiral that hung on the live 

 oak tree near the nesting site. In two days the nest 

 was back in its place, the birds having used it to build 

 another. It was the typical mud-and-fiber affair and 

 contained newly-hatched young which the adults were 

 busy feeding. 



GENUS NUTTALLORNIS : OLIVE- 

 SIDED FLYCATCHER. 



Olive-Sided Flycatcher: Nuttallornis boredlis. 

 FAMILY— FLYCATCHERS. 



The bird known as the Olive-sided Flycatcher breeds 

 both east and west, being found along the west coast 

 to southern California, Arizona, and western Texas, and 

 also in northern Michigan, New York, and Massachu- 

 setts south in the mountains to North Carolina; winter- 

 ing in South America. 



The bird is about seven and one-half inches long and 



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