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between the I5th and 3Oth of August and specimens are last seen in southern 

 New York between the loth and the 3Oth of September. In the Catskills 

 and Adirondacks the Olive-sided flycatcher is a fairly common summer 

 resident, breeding from an altitude of 1500 feet to the highest portions of 

 the mountains. Tt inhabits the burned districts, " slashings," partially 

 cleared valleys and mountain slopes, spruce swamps and the borders of 

 flowed lands throughout this spruce and balsam belt. It has been reported 

 by Mr Maxon as breeding in Madison county especially about the eastern 

 end of Oneida lake; and one instance of its nesting not far from the city 

 of Albany has been reported. But aside from this, it is confined as a 

 summer resident to the Canadian zone not even occurring in the colder 

 swamps and uplands of western New York as far as I know. This bird 

 is a conspicuous inhabitant of the burned lands and swamps of the Adiron- 

 dacks, his loud whistle resembling the syllables " pi-pee" being audible 

 at a distance of half a mile. It has also a lower note like the syllable 

 " chip," or " pip-pip-pip" which he utters when disturbed, and also 

 a chatter somewhat similar to the Kingbird's, uttered when the nest is 

 disturbed. Its nest is placed at a height of 25 to 40 feet, usually on the 

 limb of a spruce tree, and composed of roots, grasses and mosses. The 

 eggs are from 2 to 4 in number, deposited from the 2oth to the 3Oth of 

 June. They are creamy white, spotted, especially about the larger end, 

 with reddish brown and lilac and measure .85 by .63 inches. 



Myiochanes virens (Linnaeus) 

 Wood Pewee 



Plate 68 



Muscicapa virens Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. 1766. Ed. 12. 1:327 



DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 114, fig. 69 

 Myiochanes virens A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. p. 213. No. 461 



myiochanes, Gr., nuta, fly, and probably some form of syii), to grasp (cf. o/otvov); virens, 

 Lat., green 



Description. Upper parts olive brown; the head somewhat darker; 

 under parts whitish tinged with dull yellow; the breast and sides washed 



