j5o summer birds. 



FAMILY TYRANNID^: AMERICAN FLYCATCHERS- 



The Great Crested Flycatcher {Myiarchus crinitus Cab.) which was 

 not encountered, being a regular inhabitant of the lower country may be 

 an occasional visitor to the mountains. 



Tyrauims Caroliiieiisis (L.) Baird. King-bird. 



Uncommon far from the main valley, and not noticed distant from 

 human settlement, 



Sa.yioruis fiisca (Gm.) Baird. Phoebe-bird. 



Xot uncommon. Two nests, just completed, were found May 31, 

 1 87 1 (P. C B.) Mr. Burroughs says'" ' nearly every high projecting 

 rock in my range has one of these nests, following a trout stream up a 

 wild mountain eoree ... I counted five in the distance of a mile, 

 all w^ithin easy reach." 



Contopus borealis (Sw.) Baird. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



This species was found through the upper section of the Big Indian 

 \ alley, and w^hile exploring this region its notes w^ere frequently 

 heard. Not uncommon along Biscuit Brook, a tributary of the Dela- 

 ware River — P. C. B. 



Tall charred stubs rising from the low growth of burned-over tracts, 

 and dead branches projecting from topmost foliage along streams or 

 in openings in the woods are favorite lookout stations of this bird. 

 In one place w^here the woods had been cleared for a "charcoal job " 

 and the charcoal burners w^ere busy below, one of these birds was 

 in full note overhead in the tall maples and beeches which had been 

 left standing here and there through the clearing. 



Contopus vireus (L.) Cab. Wood Pewee. 



More common near the main valley than elsewhere, and seem- 

 ingly not extending far into the mountain w^oods. 



Empidonax flayiventris Baird. Yellows-bellied Flycatcher. 



This little flycatcher was found inhabiting w'ith the Canada Nut- 

 hatch the extreme summit and immediate slope of Slide Mountain. 

 On the ascent, it w^as first met wath at an altitude of not more than 

 3,5oo feet, but not far above became common, haunting the growths 

 of thickly clustered balsams w^hich clothed the damp mossy slopes. 

 Though it was evidently in full voice nothing was heard of the " sweet 

 song" which has been attributed to the species. Its notes w^ere low 

 and subdued, with a suggestion of melancholy, which, however, may 

 have been induced by the loneliness and often silence of the situation. 



* Wake Robin, p. 130. 



