i66 Bird Studies. 



The bird is about eleven inches long. Its general colors are blue, gray, 



and white. The blue is found on the top and s'des of the head and neck, 



and on the wings and tail. The under parts are white 



. . , °"o*.j*^' . , or grayish white. There are faint streakings of gray 



Aphelocoma nondana (Bartr.), o -' 00/ 



blue on the throat and breast, in the latter region form- 

 ing a more or less distinct band. The back is grayish brown, clearly con- 

 trasted and defined by the surrounding colors. 



These Jays are locally distributed, and are practically limited to the so- 

 called " scrubs," where they breed and raise their young. 



The nest is rather loosely and carelessly put together, is composed of 

 sticks and coarse weed stalks, and lined with finer material of like nature. 

 The eggs are generally four in number and are yellowish green in color, 

 much spotted with varying shades of brown from olive to umber. They are 

 about one inch and one tenth long, and four fifths of an inch wide. 



This bird is found in the Eastern United States as far north as South- 

 ern New York, Connecticut, and Southern Michigan. It breeds from 

 Green-crested Florida northward, and finds a winter home in Central 

 Flycatcher. America. It is the next to the largest of this group of 



Empidonaxvirescens(vieiii.). Flycatchers, the Alder Flycatcher being the largest. It 

 is brighter olive green above than the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. The wings 

 and tail are dusky, with edgings like the back. There are two whitish wing 

 bars, having a yellow tinge. The under parts are white, generally with a 

 faint yellowish tone suffused with green. T/ic throat is ahvays ivliitc. 



The birds are about five inches and three quarters long. The nest is 

 usually built in a fork of a branch, about ten feet from the ground. It is 

 composed of plant fibres compactly built together, and is, in general charac- 

 ter, a shallow saucer. The eggs vary from two to four in number, are white 

 in color, with brown spots about the larger end. They are a little larger 

 than those of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



These Flycatchers frequent open woods where there are small brooks, 

 and are generally to be found perched in the lower branches of the trees. 



This Flycatcher is a little larger than the Least Flycatcher and smaller 

 than the Green-crested Flycatcher. It is deep olive green above, with tail 

 and wings dusky. The tail is edged with olive green. There are two 



