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lt)»>-401-(»JS!i). Contopiis virens {Linn.). *Wood Pewee. 



Common; s"eneral in the state; May to Oct.; usually in gi-oves, but not rare about 

 our houses; "Mackinac Island " (S.E.White); "Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); E. E. 

 Brewster reports it common at Iron Mountain; embraced in Cabot's Birds of Lake 

 Superior; breeds; ''breeds abundantly at Traverse City " (L. W. Watkins); nests in 

 June, though occasionally as late as July or even August, in orchards, usually on hori- 

 zontal limbs, the nests often beautifully covered with lichens, very rare about houses, 

 one reported on ledge under the cornice of a house etc.; eggs three, creamy white, 

 with spots of brown at the large end; very beneficial. The novice is likely to confuse 

 this bird with the Phtebe; its note is very sweet and beautiful. 



Genus EMPID0N.\X Cab. 



1 l)4-4(>;}-(.*58S). Einpidonax llaviventris Baird. * Yellow-bellied Flycatohek. 



Not rare; "not rare during spring migration, one taken in Kalamazoo County" 

 (Dr. M. Gibbs); " Iron Mountain'" (E. E. Brewster); Mr. S. E. White reports this species 

 quite common at Mackinac Island at time of fall migration; said to breed in the north- 

 ern part of the state; eggs usually four. 



l$).'»--4(>*>-(;jS4). Empidonax acadicns (OmeL). * Acadian Flycatcher; Small 

 Green -CRESTED Flycatcher. 



Abundant; usually in thick woods; May to Aug.; "in southern part of the state" 

 (Prof. J. A. Allen); "common at Greenville" (Prof. Jas. Satterlee); "Mackinac Island" 

 (S. E. White); breeds; nests in June at the end of limbs of trees or bushes; "nests 

 along creeks in elder bushes, and is very shy" (Dr. W. C. Bi-ownell); eggs two to four, 

 usually three, color as in Wood Pewee. This bird is often mistaken for the next two 

 species. 



1 lK»-40<>a-('><S.">). Einpidonax pnsillus traillii (Aiid.) * Traill's Flycatcher. 



Common; "common in some localities in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); 

 "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); breeds; "have found twenty-five or thirty nests for 

 several consecutive years in Dundee township" (Jerome Trombley); nests in June, 

 usually in willows and alder bushes, beside streaius; " nests in thick woods at end of 

 beech or maple limbs" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); have not Messrs. Trombley and Brownell 

 mistaken the Acadian for Traill's Flycatcher in the above notes? Such misidentifica- 

 tions are common in studying these birds; eggs four, indistinguishable from those 

 of the Acadian Flycatcher. 



ll)7-4(>7-(.'?S7). Enipidonax minimns BazVrf. * Least Flycatcher. 



Common throughout the state; April till Sept.; "common in Hillsdale county" (A. 

 H. Boies); "and in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); " Iron Mountain " (E. E. 'Brewster); breeds: often double brooded; nest found 

 in Wayne Covmty by A. Durfee in 1889; nests in May, in trees in woods, occasionally in 

 orchard and other trees, frequently close by the house; eggs four, white or creamy 

 white. We find this species far more common here than either of the two preceding. 



