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more olive above, more yellow Mow, and with the wing-ooverta edged with 

 chraceou-.ulT. L., 7 :'. ;U - 7": H. fr-m N., -54. 



Jbmtrt*. This njnviun may alwmy* IK- known tr-m our other Flycatchers 

 by the comparatively little white on th<- under |'urt.-. and l>y the tuflofyel- 

 lowiah-white feather* on tin- Hunks. Like the Wood 1'uwev, it has the wing 

 60 or more longer than the tail. 



Rangt, Breed* from lftiarlin--tt- and Minnesota northward, and south - 

 ward in Alleghanies to North Carolina ; winter* in tropics. 



Washington, casual T. V., out- instance, Si-j.t. Sin k ' Sing, tolerably com- 

 mon T. V., May 20; Aug. 15 to Sept. 1*5. t'ainl.ri.li;,, T. V., May 80 to May 

 80; Aug.; formerly nt uncommon >. 1:. 



. of twigs and mo**, in .nitVnurt trees, about twenty-five feet up, near 

 the extremity of a limb. Ay-/, three to live, vinaceo us- white-, spotted, chiefly 

 about the larger end, with distinct :m<l otmcure rutou-s marking*, -85 x -62. 



I have seen the Olive-sided Flycatcher only during the migrations, 

 when I look for it on the topmost limb of some high, dead, woodland 

 tree a commanding position from which it may view its surround- 

 ings. Even at a distance it impresses one as being a stout, stocky bird, 

 with a head too Urge for its body. 



During the summer they live among pines or cedars, and are de- 

 scribed by Colonel Goss as " bold, quarrelsome, and tyrannical, zeal- 

 ously guarding any chosen locality, where they will be found perched 

 upon the tops of the tallest trees, from which they swoop down upon 

 the passing insects, and often repeat their plaintive pu-pu or pu-pip, 

 the males occasionally uttering a loud, whistling call-note." 



461. Contopus vtrena i /.//*.'). WOOD PEWKB. Ad. Upper part* 

 very dark, between olivu and t'u.-v.u-, with Knirtimes a tinge of dark olive- 

 green; wings and tail fuacous; wing-covert* tipped with whitiah, forming 

 two more or leas dwtinct wing-ban ; under parts white or yellowish white, 

 washed with olive-gray on the sides of the throat and brcaitt, and, to a leas 

 extent, on the center of breast ; upper niun<lil>lc black; lower mandible yel- 

 lowish or brownish, the tip frequently darker. //. Similar, but yellower 

 below, the wing-coverts edged with cream-buff. L., 6-53 ; W., 3-34 ; T., 2-62 ; 

 B. from N., -42. 



Rtmark*. The Wood Pewee and the Olive-sided Flycatcher differ from 

 our ther Flycatchers in having the winga decidedly longer than the tail, 

 mi. I in. their short tarsi. From the species of the genus Kij>i<lnnax they may 

 be known by thews characters and their darker, more t'u*o>us coloration. 



Raxgt. Eastern North America; breeds from Florida to Newfoundland; 

 winters in Central America. 



Washington, common 8. R., Apl. 28 to Oct IS. Sirnr *ing, common 8. R., 

 May 10 to Oct. 2. ('ainliri<L'e. common S. K., May 18 to Sept. 1". 



AM**, compact and symmetrical, of fine grasses, rootlet*, moss, etc., thickly 

 covered with lichens, saddled on a linil>, twenty to forty f.-.-t up. /.';/;/*. three 

 to four, white, with a wreath of distinct and olxtcurc umber markings about 

 pie larger end, -8 x -54. 



