CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 381 
CLXXXIX. BEMPIDONAX Capanis. 1855. 
463. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 
Empidonax flaviventris Batrp. 1858. 
Two received from Godthaab in Greenland in 1853. (Arct. Man.) 
Apparently a common summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 
Two specimens were seen on the Humber river, Newfoundland, on 
August 15th, 1899. (L. H. Porter.) Several seen on Sable island, 
N.S., June 8th, 1904, and one seen, June 20th, 1907. (J. Boutelver.) 
A common summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Fairly 
common in dense woods at Wolfville, N.S., during the summer. 
(H. F. Tufts.) Found only at Tignish, Prince Edward island; in small 
numbers. Observed in small numbers at Baddeck, Cape Breton 
island. (Dwight.) A common summer resident in New Brunswick. 
(Chamberlain.). Rather common at Ellis bay, Anticosti, about the 
edges of the woods. (Brewster.) I noticed this bird on the Mag- 
dalen islands in 1897, and on the 13th June of that year one came 
on board the steamer I was on, when off the Gaspé coast. I have not 
seen it in Ontario. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Common at Lake Mistas- 
sini, Qué, and breeds. (J. /. Macoun.) Taken at Beauport; a common 
suminer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A rather scarce summer 
resident in the Montreal district. I have not found a nest of this 
species here yet but have shot several specimens of the bird. (Wznile.) 
A rare summer resident in the Ottawa district ; a nest of this species 
was taken at Chelsea, Que., in June, 1897. (Ottawa Naturalist, 
Vol. V.) Regular migrant at Toronto, usually not very common; 
a common and widely distributed species, breeding in Muskoka and 
Parry Sound districts. (/. H. Fleming.) . I usually see one or more 
of this species at Toronto during the spring and fall migrations. 
while here they are very shy. On following one I usually find the 
bird making a series of quiet disappearances. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 
Not observed to breed near London, Ont., but Dr. P. J. Scott found 
a nest near Southampton. I found this species, evidently breeding, 
in the Bruce peninsula where it was rare. (W.E. Saunders.) Sum- 
mer resident in woodlands in Manitoba. Duck mountain, June 11th, 
1884, shot a flycatcher that was continually uttering a note like 
‘“che-blick”’; it was all over of a greenish colour, but yellow on the 
