190 



times in villages. 

 Fisf. 244. 



FLYCATCHERS. 



Nest of grass, etc. covered with lichens, 

 saddled on a limb of a tree. Winters in 

 Central America and northern S. A. 

 Migrates in May and Oct. Common. 



f. Long-wing'ed Pewees. 

 Nuttallomis. 



More robust in form than e with 

 longer wings and larger feet. 



1. OLIYE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 

 N. BOKEALis. Larger than e, 1, 7.60; 

 with the olive of the sides darker and 

 inclined to be streaked, in strong con- 

 BJB, A, e, 1. 1-4. trast with the yellowish of under parts 

 a long, silky tuft of white feathers on flank, fig. 245. Breeds 

 ia the higher mountainous parts of the U. S., occasionally 

 from Mass. northward to British Columbia and the Saskatch- 

 ewan River ; winters in Central Fig. 245. 

 America and northern S. A. ; 

 migrates north in late May, 

 south in Sep. Not very com- 

 mon. Nest of sticks; eggs, 4, 

 creamy, heavily spotted with 

 brown. Notes, loud whistles. 

 Freqiients open spots, near 

 woodlands. 



g. Little Flycatchers. 

 Empiclonax. 



Small fly catch ers with 

 short bills, greenish or olive 

 above, white or yellowish beneath ; light eye ring and wing- 

 bands. Alarm note a short "/'ezt'^V". 



1. LEAST FLYCATCHER, E. minimus. 5.50; brown- 

 ish-olive above, yellowish-white beneath ; two wing-bands 

 and eye-ring white; under mandible, dark, fig. 246. Breeds 

 in eastern N. A. from the Northern States northward ; winters 



BB, A, f, 1. 1-4. 



