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l!»(i(t. My latest fall record is October 19, 1906. Most dates of de- 

 parture fall earl.v in October. The first individuals noted are in the 

 deeper parts of the stream jiorges, where the birds remain, feeding 

 upon early fiying insects and Mids of trees, particularly the elm 

 and linden. For the most part the birds are silent, singing only on 

 balmy days. They are also solitary during the first week or more 

 of their stay. I have not been able to detect any period of maximum 

 migration after the first week of April. It seems probable that the 

 birds come from the south as a species, and that straggling individ- 

 uals are not seen weeks before the arrival of the bulk, as is the case 

 with many species. 



125. XuttaUoriiis horealis. — Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



First recorded for the region May 1.'5, 1907, when upwards of 

 thirty were counted along the middle reaches of the sand spit. This 

 was the day of greatest migration, during which 144 species were 

 actually recorded along the lake shore from Oak Point to the Lake 

 Laboratory. Most of the individuals were feeding in the larger trees 

 in the a icinity of the mouth of RIack Channel. They were not 

 singing, and were not at all wary, iiermitting approach witliin 

 twent.v feet. Four specimens were collected, all of which were ex- 

 ceedingly fat. A visit to the sand spit one week before this date re- 

 sulted in recording only 76 species, this one not among them. No 

 others were seen during the spjring migrations, but on September 

 2?> one was found on the sand spit near the mouth of Black Chan- 

 nel. On May 18, 1908, five were recorded on the sand spit, but none 

 could be found the following day. One was present in a woods 

 south of Oberlin on Ma.v 20 and 21. None were seen in 1909. It is 

 clear that there is no regular migration route through the region, 

 but there probabl.v is from M'arblehead across the islands to Point 

 Pelee, and in the reverse direction in autumn. None 'haA'e been 

 seen on any of the islands, hut visits to them have never coincided 

 with the probable movements of these birds across Lake Erie. This 

 species is regularly reported from Wauseon, in the western fourth 

 of the state. 



126. Myioclianes rlrens — W'Tood Pewee. 



Connnon in all open woodlands and about towns and city parks. 

 Also common on the thinly wooded parts of the Cedar Point sand 

 spit, where it nests. The median date of arrival is May 6, and of 

 departure September 20. The earliest spring arrival is May 2, 1899, 

 and 1905. and the latest fall record is October 18, 1907, when two re- 

 mained in the writer's orchard for a full month after the bulk had 

 departed. The latest date cf nesting is August 15, 1899, when a 

 nest containing three nearlv fresh eggs was found. I have never 



