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 80 LIFE-HISTORIES OF BIRDS 



Empidonax flaviventris, 



The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was first obtained in Car- 

 lisle, Pennsylvania. It was described by the Bairdsin 1843. 

 Very few individuals of this species have been met with. 

 and those only in scattered parts of the country. Dr. Brew- 

 er found it breeding among the Grand Menan Islands, and 

 also in the neighborhood of Halifax, where he was able to 

 procure nests and eggs. Mr. Boardman obtained its nest 

 and eggs in the vicinity of Calais. Dr. Slack discovered it 

 breeding near Trenton. X. J. ; and Dr. Abbott, not very far 

 from this locality, in the same State. Dr. Cones speaks of 

 it as a rare spring and fall visitant at Washington, and 

 thinks that occasionally breeds there, as specimens were 

 taken as late as July 28. In Vera Cm/, this species has 

 been met with by Mr. Sumichrast, but whether as a resident 

 or a migrant, it can not be determined. Mr. Dresser has 

 discovered it as a common summer resident near San Anto- 

 nio, which it reaches in April. In Western Maine, Prof. 

 Verrill found it a not very common summer occupant. Mr. 

 Mcllwraith found it in Hamilton, Canada, though exceeding- 

 ly rare. In South Carolina, it is a migrant, according to Dr. 

 Cones. Mr. Allen speaks of it as being rather rare in 

 Western Massachusetts, where it remains from May I5th to 

 June 5 ; and Messrs Maynard & Welch havejquite a number 

 of specimens from the eastern part of the State. In Wiscon- 

 sin, Dr. Hoy has met the species during the summer, but 

 lias been unable to discover its nest. 



In Eastern Pennsylvania, this Flycatcher is quite rare, but 

 tew individuals having been met with by us. It arrives dur- 

 ing the last week of April, nearly about the same time as 

 mini nni a. During its brief stay of a week, it affects a 

 fondness for high open woods, and is occasionally to be seen 

 by the side of small streams, particularly, when contiguous 

 to such localities. Unlike its nearest cousin last described, 

 it shuns the society of man. That exceedingly familiar dis- 



