560 THE BIRDS OF MANITOBA THOMPSON. 



149. Sayoniis phcebe. riHcbe. Pewee. 



Kaie summer resideut; oue or two pairs seen each season; usually 

 nests under bridges. Winnipeg: Summer resident (Hine). Oak Point: 

 1884, arrived May 15; scarce; 1885, fiist t-ecn, tAvo, on May 22; next seen, 

 one, on May 24; is common and breeds here (Small). Qu'Appelle: 

 Tolerably common; summer resident; arrives May 20 (Guernsey). . Port- 

 age la Prairie : On the 11th of May, 1885, I believe I heard one of these 

 birds calling on the south t>ide of the Assiuiboine River, but as I was on 

 the north side and the river was bank full I could not cross to make 

 sure of him (Nash). 



150. Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Common; summer resident of woodlands. Winnipeg: Summer resi- 

 dent; tolerably common (Hine). Karc; three specimens seen on Ked 

 Deer River and Pembina Mountains; also Waterhen River; evidently 

 breeding (Macoun). Carberry: Tolerably con mon; summer resident; 

 Duck Mountain, common; Portage la Prairie, occurs (Thompson). 



On July 2C, 1883, in the tamarac swamp beyond the si)ruce bush T 

 noticed a very noisy flycatcher; its note was loud, and its habits were 

 much like those of the Great Crested Flycatcher. After some trouble, 

 for it was very shy and kept chiefly among the topmost branches of 

 certain dead trees, I succeeded in getting it. It proved to be a male 

 Olive-sided Flycatcher; length, 7; stomach fall of flies. 



June 12, 1884, Duck Mountain: A high wind has silenced most of the 

 birds. Shot an Olive sided Flycatcher, a. male, stomach full of beetles 

 and flies; it was uttering a robin-like ^'■chuclcchuch.^^ The habits of this 

 species seem to be somewhat between those of the Great Crested Fly- 

 catcher and the Wood Pewee. It is quite common here. 



151. Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. 



Tolerably common ; summer resident of woods ; Pembina (Cones). 

 Winnipeg: Summer resident; tolerably common (Hine). Portage la 

 Prairie: Common summer resident (Nash). Waterhen River (Macoun). 

 Carberry: Rare; Duck Mountain, very common (Thompson). A speci- 

 men from northern Minnesota in collection of Stnithsonian Institution 

 (P>lakiston). 



On June 14, 1884, at Duck Mountain, in the spruce woods, I shot a 

 Wood Pewee. ' It was uttering its familiar drawling note, pee r-e-e, in 

 its usual sleepy fashion. It is one of the very common birds of the thick 

 woods of this region. Its cousin, the Western Wood Pewee, is equally 

 common in the more open woods and groves. I was unable to keep 

 specimens. 



152. Contopus richardsonii. Western Wood Pewee. Richardson's Powco. 



Tolerably common ; summer resident of woods ancl blutfs. Winnipeg : 

 Summer resident; tolerably common (Hine). Carberry: Rare; west 



