FLYCATCHERS 



Coast, and from southern Alaska to Mexico. 

 South in winter over greater part of ^lexico. 

 Central America and Colombia. 



The Traill flycatcher is one of the com- 

 monest of its family to be found along the 

 Pacific Slope. It may be seen everywhere 

 from sea level to high mountains, in thickets 

 of vine, maple and alder along streams, in 

 deep brush-covered canyons, and along woods 

 roads in the tangle of dogwood, hazel and fern. 

 It is found along the borders of fields and coun- 

 try lanes where it may be seen darting from 

 place to place in pursuit, of flying insects or 

 chasing some rival from the vicinity of its nest. 



Its nest is usually placed in a clump of 

 ferns near the edge of the woods, or in a bush, 

 or lower limb of a tree. Its song or call note 

 is a hurried pree-pe-deer. 



Say phcebe. Say amis sayiis. 7. To 



Distribution : Western North Amer- 

 ica from Alaska to Mexico, and from the 

 western part of the Mississippi Valley to the 

 Pacific Coast. 



The Say phoebe is a bird of the arid country 

 and is seldom found west of the mountains 

 along the Pacific Coast. It is easily recog- 

 nized by its black tail and reddish brown 

 breast, differing in these markings from all 

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