THE OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. 381 
FLYCATCHERS belong to the sub-order Clamatorcs, that is to say, 
Shouters. Some few of our American Flycatchers lisp and sigh rather than 
ery aloud, but of those which shout the Olive-sided Flycatcher is easily 
dean. And it is as an elocutionist only that most of us know this bird, 
even tho our opportunities may have stretched along for decades. On a 
morning in mid May, as surely as the season comes around, one hears a 
strong insistent voice shouting, “See here!” There is not much to see, save 
Taken in Chelan County. Photo by W. Leon Dawson. 
CASCADE PASS AND THE VALLEY OF THE STEHEKIN, 
A CHARACTERISTIC HAUNT OF THE OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. 
a dun-colored bird seated at an impossible height on the summit of a tall 
fir tree. Its posture is that easy half-slouch which with the Flycatchers 
betokens instant readiness for action. While we are ogling, the bird launches 
from his post, seizes an insect some thirty feet distant, and is back again 
before we have recovered from surprise. “See here!” the bird repeats, but 
its accent is unchanged and there is really nothing more to see. 
An intimate acquaintance with the Olive-sided Flycatcher is not easily 
attained; but its characteristic cry carries to a distance of half a mile or 
