THE OUVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. 



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FLYCATCHERS belong to the sub-order Claiiiatorcs. that is to say, 

 Shouters. Some few of our American Flycatchers lisp and sigh rather than 

 cry aloud, but of those which shout the Olive-sided Flycatcher is easily 

 dean. And it is as an elocutionist only that most of us know this bird, 

 even tho our njiportunities may have stretched along for decades. On a 

 morning in mid May, as surely as the season comes around, one hears a 

 strong insistent voice shouting, "See here!" There is not much to see, save 



Taken in CItctan County. 



Photo by \V. Leon Dawson. 



CASCADE PASS AND THE \'.\LLHV OF THE STIUiEKIX. 



A CHARACTERISTIC HAUNT OF THE OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. 



a dun-colored bird seated at an impossible height on the summit of a tall 

 fir tree. Its posture is that easy half-slouch which with the Flycatchers 

 betokens instant readiness for action. \\'hile we are ogling, the bird launches 

 from his post, seizes an insect some thirty feet distant, and is back again 

 before we have recovered from surprise. "Sec here!" the bird repeats, but 

 its accent is unchanged and there is really nothing more to see. 



An intimate acquaintance with tlie Olive-sided Flxcatcher is not easily 

 attained; but its characteristic cr\- carries to a distance of half a mile or 



