AVES. 129 



PASSERES. CL AM ATORES . 



TYRANNIDAE. 



244. MYIOCHANES VIRENS (Linne") Ridgway. 

 Wood pewee; Dead-limb bird. 



Muscicapa virens Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 327. 

 "IN CAROLINA AD RIPAS." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, vol. 1, 

 pi. 64. 



Contopus virens (Linne"). Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. 

 Amer., 1895, p. 247. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 2, figs. 18, 19. 



Woods and shade trees; nests in trees. 



ME. Common summer resident. May 12-Sept. 27. Eggs, 

 June 20. 



N. H. Common summer resident at lower elevations. May 

 17-Sept. 17. Eggs, June 9-16. 



VT. Common summer resident. May 19-Sept. 



MASS. Common summer resident. (May 10) May 12-Sept. 

 26 (Oct. 1). Eggs, June 10- July 10. 



R. I. Common summer resident. May 12-Sept. 24. Eggs, 

 June 15-30. 



CONN. Common summer resident. May 10-Sept. 



245. EMPIDONAX FLAVIVENTRIS (Baird) Baird. 

 Yellow-bellied flycatcher. 



Tyrannula flaviventris Baird, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1843, 

 vol. 1, p. 283. "NEAR CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA/' 



Muscicapa flaviventris (Baird). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1844, vol. 7, p. 341, pi. 490. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 2, fig. 23. 



Damp evergreen thickets; nests among tree roots. 



ME. Uncommon summer resident in northern part. May 21- 

 June 1 ; summer-Sept. 8. Eggs, June 14-27. 



N. H. Common summer resident above 3000 ft. from White 

 Mts. north; local south to Dublin. May 18-Aug. (? Sept.). Eggs, 

 June 14. 



