34 BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



Genus SAYORNIS Bonapakte. 



B. 135. K. 315. C. 379. G. 153. U. 456. 



172. Sayornis phoebe (Lath.). Phoebe. Summer resident; common in eastern 

 Kansas. Arrive in March. Begin laying the last of April. Nest under bridges, 

 overhanging rocks, roots, and suitable places in dwelling and outhouses, com- 

 posed of layers of mud, moss, grasses, or other miscellaneous material at hand, 

 and warmly lined with fine grasses, rootlets, or hairs. Eggs, four to six; .75x.56; 

 pure white; occasionally sets will be found with dots of reddish brown around 

 large end; in form rounded oval. 



B. 13(5. R. 316. C. 377. G. 154. U. 457. 



173. Sayornis saya ( Bonap.). Say's Phcsbe. Summer resident in western Kan- 

 sas. Arrive the first of May. A bird of the plains. Begin laying the last of 

 May. Nesting habits and eggs similar to S. phcebe. 



Genus OONTOPUS Cabanis. 



B. 137. R. 318. C. 380. G. 155. U. 459. 



174. Contopus borealis (Swains.). Olive-sided Flycatcher. Summer resident; 

 rare. Arrive about the middle of May. Begin laying the first of June. Nest 

 in the upper branches of trees, said to be a flat, loose structure, composed of 

 twigs, strips from bark and roots, lined with dry grasses, fragments of moss 

 and lichens. Eggs, three to four; .82x.62; deep cream white, marked around 

 the large end with purple to yellowish and reddish brown; in form oval. 



B. 139. R. 320. C. 382. G. 156. U. 461. 



175. Contopus virens (Linn.). WoodPewee. Common summer resident in east- 

 ern, rare in western Kansas. Arrive the first of May. Begin laying the last 

 of May. Nest saddled on to the lower limbs of a tree, from eight to twenty- 

 five feet frojn the ground, composed of fine stemlets, lint-like fibers, rootlets, 

 and bits of cobwebs, the outside coated over with mosses and lichens glued to 

 the material with saliva — a beautiful cup-shaped nest. Eggs, four or five; 

 .73x.52; cream white, spotted and blotched with lilac, purple to dark reddish 

 brown, chiefly at and running together around large end; in form oval. 



B. 138. R. 321. C. 383. G. 157. U. 462. 



176. Contopus richardsonii (Swains.). Western Wood Pewee. Summer resi- 

 dent in western Kansas; rare. Arrive about the middle of May. Begin laying 

 the first of June. Nest usually in the forks or small branches of trees, from 

 eight to thirty feet from the ground, said to be composed chiefly of old dead 

 grasses which are closely woven in and together with fine, linty, thread-like 

 fibers. Eggs, in color, markings and size, similar to C. virens. 



Genus EMPIDONAX Cabanis. 



B. 143. R. 324. C. 384. G. 158. U. 465. 



177. Empidonax acadicus (Gmel.). Acadian Flycatcher. Summer resident; 

 not uncommon in eastern Kansas. Arrive the first of May. Begin laying 

 early in June. Nest attached to the forks of branches of trees, six to twelve 



