36 TYRANNID.E I FLYCATCHERS. 



E. acadicus. Nest in trees, in horizontal forks, thin, 

 saucer-shaped, open-worked ; eggs creamy white, boldly 

 spotted. 



E. trailli. Nest in trees, in upright crotch, thick, 

 deeply cupped, more or less compact walled ; eggs 

 creamy white, boldly spotted. 



E. minimus. Nest in trees, in upright crotch, deeply 

 cupped, compact walled ; eggs immaculate white. 



E.flaviventris. Nest on ground or near it, deeply 

 cupped, thick and bulky ; eggs white, spotted. 



TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER. 



EMPIDONAX TRAILLI (Aiid.) Bd. 



Chars. Above, olive-brown, lighter and duller brownish posteriorly, 

 darker on the head; below,' nearly as in acadicus, but darker, the 

 olive-gray shading quite across the breast; wing-markings gray- 

 ish-white, with slightly yellowish or tawny shade; under mandible 

 pale; upper mandible and feet black. Rather smaller than aca- 

 dicus. Length, 5.50-6.00 ; extent, 8.50-9.50 ; wing, 2.65-2.80 ; 

 its tip only reaching abont 0.66 beyond the secondaries ; tail, 

 2.50; tarsus, 0.66; middle toe and claw, 0.60. 



Traill's Flycatcher is a common bird of Southern New 

 England, in suitable localities, during the migrations, 

 which take place in May and September. It is found 

 chiefly in thickets, copses, and low wet woodland, 

 where it may be recognized by one having a good ear for 

 such things by its peculiar note, likened by Mr. May- 

 nard to the syllables kewink', not so quickly uttered, 

 and therefore quite different from the abrupt chebec , 

 or sewic'j of the more abundant and more generally 

 diffused Least Flycatcher. Others syllabify the note by 



