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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 34. 



Genus: Empidonax. 



LEAST FLYCATCHER. 



Species: E. minimus. 



Distribution: 



A common summer resident of all New England. 



Date of Arrival: 

 Early May. 



Date of Departure: 



Middle of September. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts greenish olive, crown dark; under parts white or 

 yellowish, flanks greenish, breast ashy, wing bars whitish. 

 Bill dark, feet black. Length about 5.25. 



Song and Other Notes: 



'' Chebec," and a sharp '^titt" and other low guttural notes. 



Haunts: 



Woodland and orchards. 



