THE OLI\E-SIDED FLYCATCHER. 381 



FLYCATCHERS belong to the sub-order ClaiimloriS. tlial is to say, 

 Shouters. Some few of our American Flycatcbers lisp and sigh ratlier than 

 cry aloud, but of those which shout the Oliv'e-sided Fh'catcher is easily 

 dean. And it is as an elocutionist only that most of us know this bird, 

 e\en the oin- opportunities may have stretched along for decades. On a 

 morning in mid May, as surely as the season comes arountl, one hears a 

 strong insistent voice shouting. "Sec here!" There is not much to see, save 



Takt-n m c /iW.mi ComUy. I'hulo by If. Leon Dazison. 



C.\SC.\Di; PASS .\XD THE \Ai.i.i:v OI- thk stuiiekin, 



A CHARACTERISTIC IIALNT OF THE OMVE-SlDtD FLVCATCHER. 



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. W'Jiile we are ogling, the bird launches 

 from his post, seizes an insect some tiiirly feet distant, and is back again 

 before we have recovered from surprise. "See here!" the bird rejjcats. but 

 its accent is unchanged and there is really nothing more to see. 



An intimate acquaintance with the Olive-sided Flycatcher is not easily 

 attaine<l : but its characteristic cr\- carries t<i a distance of half a mile or 



