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Arkansas flycatchers. Judd, 1917, p. 20; rare at Cando and north up to 1895. In 

 1910 they equalled the kingbird in numbers. Freeman, 1919, p. 13; a very common 

 summer resident. 



At Devils Lake this species was very common after May 14, 1921, and 

 also occurred in numbers from Bottineau up to the edge of the Turtle 

 Mountains, where it was not found. On July 24 it was not rare at Grafton. 



173. Myiarchus crinitus (Linnaeus). Crested Flycatcher. 



Judd, 1917, p. 20; rare, several specimens have been taken in the Turtle Moun- 

 tains. Freeman, 1919, p. 13; not a common summer resident; seeu along the Red 

 River. 



There is a mounted one in the Williams Collection taken at Grafton 

 May I, 1920. This species was seen but once, July 21, 192 1, on the banks 

 of the Red River south of Grand Forks. 



174. Sayornis phoehe (Latham). Phoebe. 



CouES, 1878; does, not list this species. Judd, 1917, p. 20; rare, but one specimen 

 for this locality, April, 1895. Freeman, 1919, p. 13; occasional summer resident; 

 April 3. 



At Grafton Mr. Henry Williams has a nest and set of eggs taken from 

 under a small bridge in the woods near that place in 192 1. It has been 

 noted at Anselm by William Shunk, a local bird student. 



This species was seen about the store-house in the Rock Island Military 

 Reservation at Devils Lake, May 7, 192 1. No doubt it is rare in the state. 



175. Sayornis sayus (Bonaparte). Say's Phoebe. 



Baird, 1858, p. 186; one taken near Fort Union, August, 1856, by Dr. Hayden. 

 Hayden, 1863, p. 158; it is quite rare among the ravines of the Bad Lands. Allen, 

 1875, P- 61 ; a few pair seen nesting in the Bad Lands and later small flocks of four 

 or five were seen. CouES, 1878, p. 610; not observed in the Red River region, first 

 noted at Fort Berthold in 1874. CouES. i8q7. p. ifi; on [une 7. 184.^. Audubon reported 

 he saw Say's flycatcher near Mandan. 



At the Agricultural College I saw a mounted specimen from Kemnare, 

 collected July 17, 1913, by W. B. Bell. 



This species was found only in the extreme west portions of North 

 Dakota. It was first seen June 16, 1921, near Medora on the "Peaceful 

 Valley Ranch," owned by the Honorable Carl Olsen. In ten days of field 

 work here I saw but one, but at Williston, about seventy-five miles north, 

 I found it to be more common and saw several on July 8, 1921. 



176. Nuttallornis horeaUs (Swainson). Olive-sided Flycatcher. 

 Hoffman, 1882, p. 401 ; from Fort Berthold, McLean County, September, 1881. 



I did not see this species in life, but there were fine mounted males and 

 females in the Williams Collection, taken at Grafton, June 7, 1908. Mr. 

 Russell Reid writes me as follows: "I found a dead one in Stony Point 

 Slough, four miles northeast of Driscoll, Burleigh County, on September 

 22, 1917." 



