80 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Subgenus CONTOPUS Cabanis. 



193. (461). Coutopus vireus (Linn.). Wood Pewee. 

 Common summer resident throughout the state, frequenting the 



trees of both woodland and city. The characteristic, drawling 

 note "pe-wee-a-a-" is one of the best evidences of its presence, 

 even when the bird is not seen. 



County Kecords. — Audroscoggin, "fairly commou summer resident" 

 (Johnsou) ; Aroostook, "uot uucomraou at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 149) ; Cumberland, "common summer 

 resident" (Mead); Franklin, "common summer resident" (Swain); Han- 

 cock, "summer resident" (Knight) ; Kennebec, "quite common summer 

 resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "rare in summer" (Rackliff) ; Ox- 

 ford, "common, breeds" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "common throughout the 

 summer" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common summer resident" (Homer) ; 

 Sagadahoc, "summer resident" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common summer 

 resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "not uncommon 

 summer resident" (Boardman). 



Genus EMPIDONAX Cabanis. 



194. (463). Empidonax flaviventris Baircl. Yellow-bellied 

 Flycatcher. 



A somewhat rare summer resident of those counties within the 

 Canadian fauna, while in other parts of the state it occurs as a rare 

 migrant. 



County Eecords.— Androscoggin, (Walter's Birds of Androscoggin 

 County, p. 23) ; Aroostook, "rather common at Fort Fairfield, breeds" 

 (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cluli,-Vol. 7, p. 149) ; Cumberland, "quite 

 rare transient" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 18) ; Franklin, "rare 

 summer resident" (Richards) ; Hancock, "rare summer resident" 

 (Knight) ; Kennebec, "rare" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "summer resi- 

 dent" (Norton) ; Oxford, "breeds at Pichaidson Lake" (Cf. Osborne, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 4, p. 240); Penobscot, "quite commou 

 summer resident" (Knight) ; Somerset, "not common migrant" (Mor- 

 rell) ; AValdo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "not uncommon summer resi- 

 dent" (Boardman). 



195. (466a). Empidonax traillii alnorum Breir.st. Alder 

 Flycatcher. 



A fairly common summer resident in most parts of the state, 

 but owing to its frequenting alder thickets and other low bushy 

 areas and being rarely met with outside of its favorite habitat, this 

 species has not been reported from many localities where it 



