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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 

 Genus MYIARCHUS Cab. 



Great Crested Flycatcher, reduced. 



190-452-(373), Myiarclius crinitns (Linn.). *Crested Flycatcher; Great 

 Crested Flycatcher. 

 Common; thi'ougout the state; May to Sept.; " Mackinac Island " (S. E. White); 

 rather letiring in its habits; breeds; nests in holes in fence rails, usually in hollows of 

 trees, or old Woodpecker holes; nests often contain cast skins of snakes as a portion 

 of the fabric, as often noticed in our state; eggs four to six, yellowish white, scratched 

 with purple. 



Genus SAYORNIS Bonap. 



191 45<>-(;57i)). Sayoriiis phcfbe (Lai/i.). *PmEBE; Pewee; Bridge Bird; House 

 Pewee; Pewit Flycatcher. 

 Very . common; probably throughout the entire state; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); " Iron Mountain "' (E.E.Brewster); '• Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); breeds 

 very abundantly; nests in May, under Vjridges or porches, in out hovises, etc.; eggs five 

 to seven, pure white occasionally with brown spots at large end; one of our best 

 known and most familiar birds; its plaintive note is known to all. 



Genus CONTOPUS Cab. 



102-4»'>1)-(.*J8()). Contopiis borealis (Swain.). Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Rather rare; throughout the Southern Peninsula; April to Aug.; "rare in Kalama- 

 zoo County" (Dr. M. Gibbs); taken by Dr. M. Gibbs in Ottawa County, May 21, 1879 

 (Bull. Muttall Ornithological Club. Vol. IX, p. 186); '"very common in many northern 

 counties" (C. J. Davis); "abundant at Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); Mr. A. Durfee 

 found a nest in Wayne County in 1889; nests in June, in trees; eggs three to five, as in 

 next species except larger. 



