28 WEST VIRGINIA [W. VA. 



Nest Made of mud and moss, and placed on a beam or rafter or 

 rock ledge. 



Food Winged insects. 



461. Wood Pewee (Myiochanes virens). One adult. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern North America, from Florida to Newfound- 

 land. 



W. Va. Dist. Common in nearly all sections of the state. It 

 usually makes its presence known by its clear whistling notes. 



Nest Saddled across the limb of some forest tree, twenty to forty 

 feet up. Breeds commonly in West Virginia. 



Food Forest insects, such as fly about in dark woods. 



463. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) . One 

 specimen. 



G-eog. Dist. Eastern North America, breeding from northern 

 states to Labrador. Casual in Greenland. 



W. Va. Dist. This species has been recorded but twice from the 

 state. The writer has never seen a living specimen in West Virginia. 



Nest On the ground in northern spruce forests. 



Food Insects. 



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 467. Least Flycatcher (Empidon&a minimus). One specimen. 



Sexes alike. From this series of our smaller flycatchers, the student 

 may observe how little difference there is in either size or coloring. 

 This group of birds brings many perplexities to even an advanced 

 student of bird-life. 



Geog. Dist. Chiefly eastern North America. 



W. Va. Dist. Rather common in the migration seasons. Of late I 

 have found some evidence of the breeding of this species in our 

 state. In June (1908) I found a number of these little birds at the 

 base of Spruce Knob, Pendleton County. 



Nest In the crotch of a tree a few feet from the ground. 



Food Flying insects. 



474b. Prairie Horned Lark (Otocoris alpestris praticola). Two 

 specimens. 



Geog. Dist. This subspecies is found in the upper Mississippi 

 Valley and eastward through New England and the Central States. 



W. Va. Dist, A new-comer into W. Va. Within the past ten years 

 this bird has extended its range into nearly all parts of our state. 

 Now breeds in manv of our counties. 



