' 184 Catalogue of the Birds of lUinois. 



( Oligomi/odct'.J 

 Family TYEAHNID^.— Tyrant Flycatchers. 



Genus Tyrannus, Cuvier. 



' / 11^ /7></*143. T. carolinensis (Linn.) Baird. King Bird. Summer sojourner; 

 commonly known as the Bee Bird or Bee Martin. 



Genus Myiarchus, Cabanis. 



//*144. M. crinitus (Linn.) Caban. Great Crested Flycatcher. Summer 

 sojoui-ner; usually a woodland species, but not unfrequently seen in towns, where 

 it sometimes builds in the hollow branches of shade-trees, or even the eaves of 

 buildings. ' 



Genus Sayornis, Bonaparte. 



*145. S. fusciis (Gmel.) Baird. Pewee. Summer sojourner, often winter- 

 ing southward. 



146. S. sai/i (Bp.) Baird. Say's Pewee. Casual or accidental in northern 

 part of the state (Jide Nelson, Bull. Essex. Inst., VIIL, 1876, p. 113). 



Genus CoNTOPUS, Cabanis. 



147. C. horealis (Sw.) Baird. Olive-sided Flycatcher. Rare, transient; 

 possibly breeds in extreme northern counties. 



y^i/ *148. C. virens (Linn.) Caban. Wood Pewee. Summer sojourner. 



Genus Empidonax, Cabanis. 



149. E. flavwentris, Baird. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Transient; pos- 

 sibly summer sojourner northward. 



*150. E. acadicus (Gmel.) Baird. Green-crested Flycatcher. Summer 

 sojourner. More numerous southward than Traill's Flycatcher, but inhabiting 

 the same localities, and difficult to distinguish; nest very different, however, 

 and plumage quite distinct on comparison. 



'>Ts;'*151. E. pusillus trailli (Aud.) Baird. Traill's Flycatcher. • Summer 

 sojourner; whole state, but said to be rare northward. 



*152. E. minimus, Baird. Least Flycatcher. Transient southward; sum- 

 mer sojourner northward. 



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Order TKOCHILI. 



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Family TROCHILIDJE.— Humming-birds. 



Genus Trochii,us, Linna3us. 



//*153. T.colubr is, Linn. Ruby-throated Humming-bird. Summer sojourner. 

 Our only species. 



