208 Birds of ^N'orth Carolina 



and apparently always in a boggy or swampy place. The eggs are four in number, 

 laid in mid-June or later, and from the tleseriptions appear to resemble those of 

 the Acadian Flycatcher, in size, color, and markings. 



Fia. 162. Yellowbelliki) Flycatcher. 



In the Northern States it reaches its breeding grounds in late Maj", and begins 

 to leave for its winter home in Mexico and Central America in August. It has 

 been recorded only once from North Carolina, when Cairns took a female in Bun- 

 combe County, August 11, 1890. 



193. Empidonax virescens (Vieill.). Aiadian Flycatcher. 



Description. — Upperparts between olive-preen and dark olive-green; wings and tail fu.scous; 

 greater and les.ser wing-coverts yellowish white, forming two conspicuous wing-bars; under- 

 part,.s white, washed with pale yellowish and s\iij)\Hy tinged with greenish on the brea-st; the 

 throat, and frequently the middle of tlie belly, ])m'e white; upi)er mandiljle black, lower man- 

 dible whitish or flesh-colored; second to fourth primaries of about equal h'ligth, the first and 

 fifth shorter and also of equal length. Im. — I'pperparts greener; undcrparts more tinged with 

 yellow; wing-bars and outer edges of the lips uj Ike secondaries odu-aceous-butl. L., 5.75; \V., 

 2.85; T., 2.35; B. from N., .36. 





Pia. 163. Ac.\Di.\s Flycatcher. 



Remarks. — This species has the upperparts fully as olive-green a,s the Yellow-bellied Fly- 

 catcher, but the underparts are never entii'ely yellow, and the tlu-oat is always white. (Chap., 

 Birds of E.N. A.) 



Range in United Slates. — Eastern States, including the Mississippi Valley, in summer; not 

 foimd in the extreme northern States. 



Range in North Carolina. — Whole State in summer, breeding wherever found. 



The Acadian Flycatcher is the only one of its genus which is generally common 

 in this State. It arrives from its winter sojourn in Mexico or South America 



