BIRDS OF THE JICINITY OF NEW YORK CITV i6i 



Family TROCIiILID.-E. Hummingbirds. 



*Ruby-throated Hummingbird ( 7^r()(7///».j colubris). This, the only species 

 of Hummingbird found in eastern Xortli America, is here a common summer 

 resident, arriving' ear1\- in Afav and remainins: until October. 



Fig. 13. RuBY-THRO.\TED Hummingbirds and Nest. 



Order P/\SSERES. Perching Birds. 



Family TYRANNID-E. Ty'rant Flycatchers. 



♦Kingbird <Tyraiu>us tyrainiiis) . A common summer resident, arriving- 

 early in ^lay and remaining until October. (See group, third floor). 



Arkansas Kingbird (Tyrcinnus z'crticalis) . A western species; the only 

 records for this vicinity are those of a young male taken at Riverdale, N. Y., 

 October 19, 1875, ( Bicknell, Bull, N. O. C, IV, 1879, p. 60), and a specimen 

 taken at Princeton, N. J., Sept. 29, 1894 (Phillips, Proc. D. V. O. C, H, p. 14). 



*Great-crested Flycatcher {Myiarclius crinitus). A common summer 

 resident, arriving early in Alay and remaining until September. 



*PhcEbe {Sayornis p/iocbe). A common summer resident arriving about 

 March 20 and leaving early in November. 



♦Olive-sided Flycatcher (A'h/fa/or;;/.? &f;v(7/;'.y). A migrant passing north 

 in May, when it is apparently rare, and returning between the latter part of 

 August and late September, when it is not uncommon. 



