Birds of Oregon and Washington 131 



Some reference to the probable presence of 

 a few of one or two species of imported Thrushes 

 in certain parts of Oregon, will be made in 

 another place. 



THE FLYCATCHERS. 



This is a peculiar and strongly marked family, 

 the different members of which resemble each 

 other sufficiently to seem almost to be brothers 

 and sisters from the same nest, varying in size 

 and other ways only as much as brothers and 

 sisters do in other than bird-families. They not 

 only look alike, but they act so much alike that 

 you may know, in a general way, the whole 

 family by seeing one member of it. 



Their name indicates their habits, but not 

 their appearance. You will see these birds in 

 different sizes, and with slight variations in color 

 and form, sitting quietly upon some tree-top or 

 lower dead limb, hunched up as if sick, or en- 

 tirely relaxed in sleep. But woe to the fly that 

 should approach one of them, assuming this to 

 be the case, for, quick as a flash, the apparently 

 sleepy or sick bird darts at the insect, has it in 



