130 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. CLAMATORES. 



TYRANNIDAE. 



VT. Uncommon local summer resident at lower elevations 

 south to Londonderry. May 16-summer. 



MASS. Rare migrant and possible summer resident on Mt. 

 Greylock (June 15, 1907). (May 10) May 15- June 10 (June 

 15); Aug. 25-Sept. 10 (Nov. 29, 1876, Reading; Dec. 1, 1876, 

 Newton). 



R. I. Rare migrant. May 21 ; ( ? July 27) Aug. 7. 



CONN. Uncommon migrant. May 20-early June; Sept. 17. 



246. EMPIDOXAX VIRESCENS (Vieillot) Brewster. 

 Green-crested flycatcher; Acadian flycatcher. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 249. Egg, 

 Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 2, figs. 26, 27. 



Platyrhynchos virescens Vieill., Nouv. diet, d'hist. nat., 1818, 

 vol. 27, p. 22. No locality, based on Wilson. 



Muscicapa acadica Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, 

 vol. 1, p. 221, pi. 62. 



Deep woods near water; nests, pensile, in low trees. 



VT. Rare summer resident : Bennington (nest with young, 

 July 14, 1904); various doubtful records. 



MASS. Very rare summer resident (Hyde Park, 1888; nee 

 Springfield). 



CONN. Rare local summer resident (Greenwich, Stamford, 

 Suffield). Eggs, June 2-22. 



247. EMPIDONAX TRAILLII ALNORUM Brewster. 

 Alder flycatcher; Traill's flycatcher. 



Brewst., Auk, 1895, vol. 12, p. 161. "UPTON, MAINE." Bird- 

 lore, 1908, vol. 10, plate in no. 3, figs. 2, 3. Egg, Bendire, 1895, 

 vol. 2, pi. 2, fig. 30. 



Alder swamps; nests in low bushes. 



ME. Common local summer resident. (May 15) May 18 

 Sept. 5. Eggs, June 21. 



