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tom above the Lake of the Woods. There are probably many 
such places in the central and eastern parts of the county where 
this and other shade-loving species are to be found. 
The eggs are laid from the last few days in May to the middle 
of June. 
Besides the song (wick-y-up) and the sharp call note, the bird 
often utters a humming or murmuring note which seems to be 
known to but few observers. 
EMPIDONAX TRAILLI TRAILLI (Audubon). Traill’s Flycatcher. 
Fairly common migrant and rare summer resident. 
The Traill’s Flycatcher arrives early in May and leaves during 
September. Its favorite haunts are in creek or river timber, 
though it is found also in the parks and about the outskirts of 
the city in orchards and wooded tracts. Thickets and open 
woods also attract it, and a few are always to be found in late 
May about the extensively planted estates in the neighborhood 
of 52nd and Oak. The best time to observe this flycatcher is 
during the last two weeks of May when the bulk of the north- 
bound migrants are present. 
There are no records available of the Traill’s Flycatcher breed- 
ing in Jackson County, but, judging from its distribution as a 
summer resident in Missouri, it probably will be found nesting 
in thickets about sloughs and along river courses in this vicinity. 
EMPIDONAX TRAILLI ALNORUM Brewster. Alder Flycatcher. 
Rare migrant. 
This subspecies has not yet been satisfactorily worked out for 
this county owing to lack of material, only one specimen having 
been taken. It has been taken in enough numbers both to the 
east and west to warrant the belief that there can be little doubt 
as to its regular occurrence here. The difference between the 
two forms is one of size only and a series of local specimens will 
have to be studied before much is known. 
Empmonax MINIMUS (W. H. & S. F. Baird). Least Flycatcher. 
Common migrant and very rare summer resident. 
The Least Flycatcher arrives from April 30th to May 6th 
and leaves during September. 
The only authentic record of the Chebee having nested in the 
State of Missouri is furnished by Tindall, who took a set of 
