THE SPOTTED OR GRAY FLYCATCHER, 



THE Spotted or Gray Flycatcher is found in his 

 haunts early in the flowery month of May. Tis when 

 the beech enshrouds itself in a lovely and delicate garb 

 of green, when the sycamore is clothed with golden 

 leaves, and the wide-spreading chestnut appears a tower- 

 ing mass of foliage, and the mountain ash assumes its 

 vernal garb ; when the mighty oak and drooping elm 

 form a leafy bower in which the bird can find seclusion, 

 that he appears in his old haunts, and from their verdant 

 shelter we hear his low and rambling notes as he launches 



