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ginia, and was sent to the Smithsonian Institution. (Bull Nuttall 

 Orn. Club, Vol, VIII, p. 59.) There is a doubtful record of one 

 said to have been seen near Washington. (Avifauna Columbiana, 

 p. 75.) Captain C. H. Crumb informs me that he has taken a bird 

 at Cobb's Island, which he is confident belonged to this species. 



160. Tyrannus tyrannus. King Bird ; Bee Martin. — 

 Common summer resident of the Virginias arriving in April and 

 leaving in September ; breeds. 



161. Myiarchus crinitus. Great-crested Flycatch- 

 er. — Common summer resident of the Virginias from the latter 

 part of April to the latter part of September; breeds. 



162. Sayornis phoebe. Pewee. — Almost everywhere a 

 common summer resident, arriving earlv in March and leaving 

 in October. Individuals may occasionally be seen in winter in 

 some localities. I have frequently observed the nest in Albe- 

 marle County and have seen others at the Blue Ridge Springs, 

 Botetourt County, in the railway cutting at Kanawha Falls and 

 at the Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia. 



163. Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — 

 Rare in the migrations. Probably most common in the moun- 

 tain region where it is also to be seen in summer. Mr. Ridgway 

 noticed several of these birds in September, iSSi, near Falls 

 Church, Virginia, and Dr. A. K. Fisher took a male in the Bull 

 Run Mountains, May 14th, 18S7 (The Auk, Vol. V, p. 14S). I 

 have not met with it. Mr. Doan mentions that he captured two 

 on the Little Kanawha River, September 30th, 1S8S. 



164. Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. — Abundant sum- 

 mer resident of the Virginias, arriving the end of April or early 

 in May and departing early in October ; breeds. 



165. Empidonax flaviventris. Yellow-bellied Fly- 

 catcher — Rather rare in the migrations. Dr. Fisher informs 

 me that it is a tolerably common migrant near Washington in 

 May, and in the latter part of August and first half of September, 

 and that he secured one at Gainesville, Prince William County, 

 May 14, 1887. He has generally found it in the scrub pines. I 

 have never met with it. On the authority of Mr. Ingersoll it is 

 found in Ritchie County, West Virginia, in spring, (Forest and 

 Stream, Vol. IV, p. 358), and Rev. W. E. Hill captured a speci- 



