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few inches to about two feet above the ground, and generally within 
sight from a footpath on the mountain. Observed here from May 
24th to July 30th. I think this species migrates south in the month 
of August as I never met with it in the autumn. (W2nile.) 
To build its nest, this bird first covers the stems of shrubs, rasp- 
berry bushes, and especially alders with long plant-down. Then 
grass, fibres of bark or reeds are tied inside of the stems with the 
plant-down, instead of being twisted around them. Then the nest 
is lined with thin grass and sometimes with hairs or hair-like roots. 
External diameter 3 or 3.50 inches and height variable from 2 to 
3.50 inches. Inside diameter 2 inches by 1.25 or 1.50 inches in 
depth. The elevation of the nest from the ground is from one to 
six feet. Between Ottawa and Lake Nominingue three or four eggs 
are laid in June and July. (A. L. Garneau.) 
467. Least Flycatcher. 
Empidonax minimus BAIRD. 1858. 
Audubon, Vol. I., p. 237, found it nesting in Labrador ; obtained 
by Drexel at Moose Factory, James bay, August, 1860. (Packard.) 
A rare summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Common 
along Moose river to James bay at Moose Factory, June, 1896. 
(Spreadborough.) A common summer migrant in Nova Scotia. 
(Downs.) A common summer resident; equally common in remote 
woods or in orchards and gardens. (H. F. Tujts.) Not uncom- 
mon at Baddeck, Cape Breton island. (/. H. Allen.) Union Road, 
Prince Edward island, July 21st, 1888. (Macoun.) A cheerful 
series of ‘‘che-bies’’ greeted me one morning at Souris, P.E.I.; no 
others were seen. (Dwight.) A rare summer resident near St. 
John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) Common summer resident at Scotch 
Lake, York co., N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Common in the Resti- 
gouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Taken at Godbout river; 
a rather rare summer migrant at Quebec. (Dionne.) A scarce 
summer resident in the Montreal district; breeds on the island of 
Montreal. (Wzntle.) A common summer resident in the Ottawa 
district. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common migrant at Toronto, 
Ont. The most abundant of the small flycatchers in the Muskoka 
and Parry Sound districts. (J. H. Fleming.) More common in the 
