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undoubtedly occurs. This is the TrailFs Flycatcher of previous 

 lists, but as pointed out by Mr. Brewster in The Auk, Vol. 12, p. 

 161, Audubon's type of traiUii was from the west, and our eastern 

 bird being subspecifically distinct, this name is given it by him. 



County Records. Audroscoggin, "fairly common summer resident" 

 (Johnson) ; Aroostook, "seen at Houlton" (Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, Vol. 1, p. 76); Cumberland, "common summer resident" (Brown's 

 Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 18) ; Franklin, "common summer resident'' 

 (Swain) ; Hancock, "quite common summer resident" (Knight) ; Kenne- 

 bec, "rare summer resident" (Robbins) ; Knox, "summer" (Racklift) ; 

 Oxford, "rare breeder" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "quite a common summer 

 resident, but not met with except in alder thickets" (Knight) ; Piscata- 

 quis. "common summer resident" (Whitman) ; Sagadahoc, "rare sum- 

 mer resident" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common summer resident" (Mor- 

 rell) ; Waldo, (Knight); Washington, "not uncommon summer resident" 

 (Boardman). 



196. (467). Empidonax minimus Baird. Least Flycatcher. 



Common summer resident throughout the state. This species 

 can always be distinguished from all the other Flycatchers found 

 here by its cry of "che-bec, che'-bec." The bird in hand when com- 

 pared with the Alder Flycatcher resembles it very closely, but the 

 wing of the latter is over 2.60 inches in length while the wing of 

 the Least Flycatcher is under 2.60, and there is also a slight dif- 

 ference in the color of the wing coverts. The notes of the two 

 species are altogether different, as are the nests and eggs, and 

 the habitats of the birds, the Least Flycatcher always frequenting 

 open woods, orchards, or the trees of our towns and cities, while 

 ulii'H'tim is always confined to alder growths. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "common summer resident" (John- 

 son) ; Aroostook, "rather common at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, Bull. 

 Nutt. Oru. Club, Vol. 7, p. 149) ; Cumberland, "common summer resi- 

 dent" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, 

 "summer resident" (Dorr) ; Kennebec, "common summer resident" 

 (Gardiner Branch) ; Oxford, "common breeder" (Nash) ; Penobscot, 

 "very common summer resident" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common, 

 breeds'' (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "com- 

 mon summer resident" (Morrell) ; AValdo, (Spratt) ; Washington, 

 "abundant summer resident" (Boardmau) ; York, "common summer 

 resident" (Adams). 



