KG THE WILSON BULLETIN— September, 1921 



12, and is iisvmlly common after March 18. It ne.-its in late April 

 and May and again in July, rearing two broods, and usually de- 

 parts by October 21, though once recorded on November 2. 



Cay Phoebe l^df/orn's soi/us (Bonaparte). 



This shy phoebe of the dryer portions of Nebraska is a very 

 common summer resident and breeder east to a.bout the 100th 

 meridian, and an increasingly uncommon or rare migrant east to 

 about the 97th meridian. 



In the Pine Ridge it is very common, and nests in the heads 

 of the canyons, on rocky ledges in the bad lands, and around 

 buttes on the table lands, as well as in out buildings {Proc. N. 0. 

 U.. ii, p. 77; iii. p. 73). In Scottsbluff County it is equally com- 

 mon and often nests in the structures along the irrigation ditches. 

 At Alliance, Box Butte County, it was noted by Swenk nesting in 

 the cornice of a building on the main street of the town, and at 

 Haigler, Dundy County, nesting under the eaves of a railroad 

 water tank. It nests commonly east to Cherry, Rock and Lincoln 

 Counties. There are two broods a year, one in early May and 

 the other in late June and early July. As a migrant it has 

 been noted at Halsey (Chapman), Comstock (Zimmer), Kearney 

 (Aughey), Ravenna (Swenk) and Holt County (Bruner) and once 

 even at Lincoln (Bruner). 



Aughey first recorded the Say Phoebe from the state in 1877, 

 stating that he had observed it only in central and western Ne- 

 braska, and mostly at Kearney, Buffalo County. It arrives in 

 early April (Comstock, April 5, 1913), completes nest building 

 in middle May (Chadron, May 18, 1900) and departs in late Sep- 

 tember. 



Eas'.ern Olive-sided Flycatcher NitftaUo) iii.s honalis horcalis 

 (Swainson) . 



An uncommon or rare migrant over the eastern portion of the 

 state. Aughey stated that he had " only occasionally met it in 

 Nebraska." It has been noted several times near Iiiccoln; by 

 L. Bruner, by H. B. Lowry on May 9, 1903, by SwenJi and Zim- 

 mer at Roca. September 4, 1909 (Pruc. X. 0. V.. v, p. ?5), by 

 Dawson September 12, 1915, and by Dawson and Mickel May 19, 

 1!.20. Bruner has recorded it from West Point and Dickinson 

 fiom Gresham. 



The specimen from Roca, September 4, 1909, is a female and 

 measures: Length 178, wing 102, tail 68, culmen 15, and tar-'us 14. 

 It is, therefore, somewhat intermediate between typical bnrcalis 

 and vrajor'uiufi, but is nearer the formei'. 



Reeky Mountain Olive-sided Flycatcher Xnttalh.vnls hornilis imi- 

 jorinus Ban,2;s «& Penard. 

 This reoentlv differentiated form occurs in the extreme west- 



