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01- other finer material. They also adapt themselves to circum- 

 stances, and use string, binder twine, cotton, wool, and other easily ac- 

 cessible material. I once found a nest largely composed of wool. 



An egg is laid daily, and incubation lasts 12 or 13 days. Both sexes 

 share in this and in nest-building. Two broods are sometimes reared. 

 I have found young in nest June 19, 1896; another set of young, able 

 to fly, July 8, 1896; old teaching young to fly, August 8, 1897. The 

 Kingbird's song becomes less frequent, his noise noticeably dimin- 

 ishes, as household cares become burdensome. Only occasionally is it 

 heard through August. They are seldom seen late in August, and 

 early in September most have left. At Sedan, Mrs. Hine says they 

 are usually gone by September 14. None were seen after that in 1894, 

 except a single one, October 19. 



In 1895 it remained in the vicinity of Chicago until September 25. 

 Usually they are gone from southern Indiana by September 12. They 

 disappear so gradually that we do not realize when all have left, and 

 usually can not tell when we saw the last. 



103. GENUS MYIARCHUS CABANIS. 



*173. (452). Myiarchus crinitus (LINN.). 



Crested Flycatcher. 

 Synonym, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 



Head, crested; above, decidedly olive, browner on head; wings, 

 dusky, edged with rufous; tail feathers, dusky, with inner webs of all 

 but the two. central feathers, rufous; below, throat and chest, deep 

 ash-gray; rest of under parts, sulphur-yellow. 



Length, 8.50-9.00; wing, 3.90-4.40; tail, 3.50-4.20. 



RANGE. America, from Colombia north over N. A. east of the 

 Great Plains to New Brunswick and Manitoba. Breeds throughout 

 its range, north of the Gulf of Mexico. Winters from south Florida 

 southward. 



Nest., usually a cavity in a tree or stump; a miscellaneous collection 

 of odds and ends, including rootlets, twigs, bark, moss, leaves, hair, 

 egg shells, feathers and snakeskins. Eggs, 4-8; creamy or vinaceous 

 buff, with blotches, longitudinal streaks and fine lines of different 

 shades of brown and purple; .89 by .69. 



As common a summer resident as the Kingbird, but its home is in 

 the woods, where few hear it and fewer see it. Late in April or early 

 in May, some morning, the bird lover will hear a penetrating "e-wheet- 



