.-)4:Z FI.Y CATCHERS. 



372. TRAIL FLYCATCHER. 



A little larger than last; eye-ring pale- 

 yellow; under mandible, yellow. Western 

 N. A. from Mississippi Valley east into 

 Ohio. 111. and Mich. 



373. 



ALDER FLiXATCHER. 



Darker than last. Breeds in eastern 

 N. A. from Me., rarely from Mass., north- 

 ward. Nests of sticks often placed in 

 alders; eggs, creamy spotted with red-brown. 

 Notes, ke-wicky often repeated, but rather 

 more slowly and harshly than in the Least 

 Flycatcher. Frequents low growths in 

 swampy land, often alders. 



374. GREEN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 



Larger than Alder, green above and 

 lighter beneath with less olive on sides. 

 Eastern N. A. north to southern N. Y. and 

 southern Mich., rare as far north as southern 

 Mass.; winters in Central America, south 

 in Sept., north in late May. Notes, se-wink 

 emphatically given, sometimes followed by 



