98 RURAL BIRD LIFE. 



morning and at nightfall. It is a pleasing sight to 

 glance down the sunny glades in early morn, when 

 the leaves of the trees are glowing in the light, and the 

 countless numbers of insects flit hither and thither in the 

 bright sunlight, and watch the Flycatchers obtain their 

 morning meal. 



The Flycatcher stays with us but a short five months, 

 for when their haunts are painted by the bewitching 

 colours which come attendant with September, they make 

 ready for their journey, and by the end of the month they 

 leave us, to spend the winter in company with their 

 migratory congeners in the northern tropic. 



