164 WILD ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. 



Order PASSERES: Perching Birds. 

 Family TYRANNID^: Tyrant Flycatchers. 



Kingbird: Tyrannus tyrannus tyrannus. — The- familiar kingbird 

 with the white underparts and white tail band is recorded by Mr. 

 Bryant from the park along the North- Fork of the Flathead. He 



says it breeds but is not common any- 

 where in the park or in the northern part 

 of Flathead County. 



Olive-sided Flycatcher : Nuttallornis 

 l)orcalis. — One of the characteristic notes 

 of the forested mountains is the plaintive 

 peiv-jiip^ jjew-'pew-j^e' -oh^ pew-pif^ pew- 

 [lew-pe'-oh. It was heard in a number 

 of places in the park, and one of the birds 

 was seen August 19, at the Reynolds Cabin 

 Prom Biological Survey. Lakcs, ucai Watcrtou Lake, sitting char- 



FiG. 67. — Kingbird. , ■ ,- m ^ _c 



acte7'istically on top oi an evergreen spire, 

 its white median line showing between the dark gray of its sides 

 as it raised its head to give its sweet call. On the southwestern 

 boundary of the park, from Java to Belton, in June, 1895, Messrs. 

 Bailey and Howell found it in the dead timber ranging to tim- 

 berline. 



Western Wood Pewee: Mylochanes ricliardsom richardsonl. — In 

 June, 1895, at the upper St. Mary Lake, Messrs. Bailey and Howell 

 collected one pewee and saw one or two more ; and from Summit 

 westward along the boundary line of the park a few others were 

 seen. 



The pewee is a bird that is easily overlooked, as its gray plumage 

 renders it inconspicuous and its quiet call- -given as tweer or deev' — 

 can be heard only near at hand. Like the eastern wood pewee, it sits 

 erect Avatching for passing insects, when one appears, darting out, 

 snapping it up and circling back again to its perch. 



Western Flycatcher : Erjipidonmn d't^ciUs difficllls. — A small 

 flycatcher taken for the western was heard, July 10, above Lake 

 Josephine and two having the characteristic dull yellow underparts 

 were seen July 30 near Gunsight Lake, and August 28 on the Camas 

 Lake Trail above Lake McDonald. 



Traill Flycatcher : Em.phlona.t fra'/Jll ttxiilTi} — A small gray fly- 

 catcher with white chin, gray breast, and white wing bars, was seen 

 in several places in the park among the willows, where its pip^ Vh^t 

 and its explosive ha-wec'-n.r were heard as it circled out from its 

 perch to snap up j^assing insects. 



1 Formerly tbo Alder Flycatcher, Empidonaw trailli alnoriim. 



