1 1 6 ACADIAN FL\ TA TCHER 



The eggs, 3 to 4, are white with a wreath of dark 

 spots at the larger end. A Pewee's nest with the 

 mother-bird on may be seen at the Smithsonian. 



Acadian Flycatcher; Green-crested Flycatcher: 



Empidonax vircscens. 



Length nearly 6 inches. 



Upper parts grayish-green, wings and tail darker; two 

 conspicuous white wing-bars. 



Under parts white, washed with yellowish. 



Resident (common) from May 5 to September 15; win- 

 ters in Central America. 



The Acadian, although conmion, is perhaps not so 

 well known as the other Flycatchers, for he keeps 

 to the shady, secluded corners of our woods and must 

 be looked for. His haunts are in woods near water, 

 generally by small streams, ponds and springs, and 

 he is likely to be seen in the lower branches of young 

 trees, especially where these grow in Nature's own 

 wild, crowded fashion. 



The call-note of the Acadian is peculiar, and is 

 given as wick-iip and hick-xip, from which he gets a 

 nickname of " Hick-up Bird." The nest is shallow 

 and thin, woven of fine rootlets, grass and dry blos- 

 soms, and the rim is attached to a forked twig near 

 the end of a branch, like the Vireo nests. Almost 

 always some loose bit of stufif is left hanging from the 

 center. 



The eggs, 4, are creamy-white, spotted at the larger 

 end with cinnamon-brown. 



