262 BIRDS OF OxNTARK). 



at least on the belly. Very young Itinls have some feathers eilgeil with 

 rusty, particularly on the edges of the wing and tail featliers. Length, 6j'-7 ; 

 wing and tail, 3-3^. 



Hab. — Eastern North America, from the British Provinces south to Eastern 

 Mexico and Cuba, wintering from the South Atlantic and Oulf States south- 

 ward. 



Nest, under bridges or piojection about outhouses. When away from 

 human habitation it is often found among the roots of an upturned tree or 

 in a hollow tree, composed f)f vegetable material mixed with mud and frescoe<l 

 with moss. 



Eggs, four or live, usually pure white, sometimes faintly spotted. 



This is one of the earliest harbingers of spring, and its quick, 

 querulous notes are hailed witli joy as a prelude to the graiul concert 

 of bird music which is si)on to follow. 



Early in April, the male Pee-wee appears in his former haunts, 

 and is soon joined by his mate. They are partial to the society of 

 man, and their habits, as shown in their nestings, have been some- 

 what changed by this taste. The original, typical nest of the Pee- 

 wee, we are told, was placed on a ledge under a projecting rock, 

 over which water trickled, the nest itself often being damp with the 

 spray. We still see one, occasionally, in such a position, but more 

 frecjuently it is placed on the beams of a bridge, beneath the eaves 

 of a fleserted house, or under a verandah oi- the projection of an out- 

 liouse. They raise two broods in the season, and I'etire to the south 

 in September. 



They are generally distributed througliout (Jntario, but are most 

 common in the south. A few have made their way to Manitoba, 

 where the}' have been seen near Winnipeg and elsewhere. They are 

 strongly attached to a chosen locality, and will retui-n year after 

 year to repaii- their old nest, or entirely rebuild it in the same spot 

 should the old fabric be removed. 'I'hey are often imposed upon by 

 the Cow-ljiid, and accept the situation without remonstrance. 



Gknus CONTOPUS Cabanis. 

 CONTOPUS BOREALTS (Swains.). 



IHS. Olive-sided Flycatcher. (459) 



Uusky olivaceous-bi'own, usually darker on tlic crown, where the feathers 

 have black centres, and paler on the siiles ; chin, thi'oat, btdly, crissum and 

 middle line of the breast, white, more or less tinged with yellowish ; wings an<l 

 tail, blackish, unmarked, excepting incoiis})i(ni(>us gray isli -blown tijts of the 



