‘467. Empidonax minimus 
LEAST FLYCATCHER. 5 1-2 inches 
Male and Femalealike. Above dull olive; eye ring and wing bars 
white. Below grayish white, 
Also called Chebec. The smallest of the flycatchers. Common 
about houses and orchards, jerks its tail and throws its head back 
while uttering its note, che-bec. Very common in Massachu- 
setts. Arrives early in May. 
Note. Che-bec ! che-bec ! incessantly, as many as sixty times a 
minute. 
Nest. In the fork of a branch, often in old orchards. 
Breeds. Throughout New England. 
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