l-'l. Vi AT- IIKR& 249 



may be heard as long as one n-m.-i.u- in h:> vicinity. I>uring the tni- 

 D this species is silent ami its .several distinctive note* are not 

 available f<>r its identification, ami the same tiling may be said of our 

 other small Flycatcher-., (in-at similarity in plumage exists between 

 tli. 'in all. and without the bird in hand identifications are at best 

 quest iona 



The <ro suggestive of a sneeze on the bird's part than of 



any other sound with which it may be compared. It is an abrupt 

 pti-ik', almost in one explosive syllable, harsh like the deeper tones 

 of n House Wren, and less musical than the similar but longer songs 

 of Traill's or the Acadian Flycatcher. It is hardly .surprising that the 

 bird* -in:: very little when we sec with what a convnl-ive jerk of the 

 head the notes are produced, Its plaintive call is far more melodious 

 a soft, mournful whistle consist ing of two notes, the second higher 

 pitched and prolonged, with ri.Miig inflection, resembling in a measure 

 ehu-f J. DWIOHT, JR. 



465. Empidonaz virescena ( I',V ///.). A..u.t\\ l'i.\- \TCIIER. 

 I-IKT 1-art.H letwccii "live un-eii and ilurk olive-green; wings and tail 

 fuscous: greater and lesser win;: covert* yellowish white, forming two con- 

 spicuous wing-hars; under parts white, washed with pale yellowish and 

 tliyktly tinned with irn-i-ni-.li i>r the breast; tho throat, and frequently the 

 middle of the belly, pure white; upper inundilile bluek, lower inuiiilihle whit- 

 i^li r rti-.l ! >r ; Hoi'Diul to fourth primaries of about equal length, the firat 

 and filth shorter and also of equal length. //. Upjicr parts greener; under 

 part* more t'unred with yellow ; wing-bars and outer edge* of the tip* of the 

 t)W/irV*ochraeeou-l>iitl. I... WS; W., _ -*.i ; T., _:;:.; IJ. fr-.m \., -86. 



Rtmarkf. This H| levies has tho upper parts fully as olive-green as the 

 Yellow-bellied Flyeutelu-r, lntt the under parts are never entirely yellow, and 

 the throat is always white. 



Range. Eastern I'nited States ; broods from Florida to southern Connect- 

 icut and Manitoba; winters in Central America. 



Washington, eommon s. i; . May .". t Sept. 15. Sing Sing, common S. R., 

 May 10 to Aug. 37. 



. shallow, of plant stems, grasses, and blossom*, generally on a fork 

 of a beech l>out eight IV. t up. /./:/*. two to three, creamy white, with a few 

 cinnamon brown spots aU.ui the larger end, -74 x :'.. 



Look for tho Acadian Flycatcher in woodlands watered by small 

 streams. It selects a low rather than a high perch, nnd is rarely seen 

 more than twenty feet from the ground. The frequently uttered calls 

 of this bird are characteristic ami will enable you to identify it with 

 more ease in the field than in the study. The most common is a sin- 

 gle pee or peel, repeated at short intervals and accompanied by a 



Equlrak-nt to Empidonajc acadirut of author* ; ee Brvwster, Auk, xli, 

 April, 1W6. 



