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tail coverts dirty pale yellowish. Quills arid tail dark blackish brown: the sec- 

 ondaries narrowly, the tertials more broadly, edged with whitish. Two quite 

 distinct bands of brownish white across the wings." 



Stretch of 

 Length. wing: Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill, 



Male..... 6.80 10.50 3.50 2.70 .50 .50 



Female... 6.00 10.00 3.25 2.50 .50 .50 



Iris brown; bill, upper black, under brownish yellow, the tip 

 dark brown; legs, feet and claws black. 



This Western form does not differ essentially in its actions or 

 habits from the Wood Pewee. Its note is, however, quite dif- 

 ferent, more emphatic, "Pe-ah," and its nest a little deeper, 

 and without the external lichens, but has the same style of 

 structure. It is composed chiefly of old, dead grasses, which 

 are closely woven in and together with fine lints, thread-like 

 fibers and fine, wiry stemlets from grass tops, and occasionally 

 upon the outside a few old, dead leaves. Their eggs have the 

 same form and markings, but average a little paler in color. 

 A set of three, taken June 26th, 1876, at Santa Cruz, California, 

 measure: .71x.55, .72x.54, .74x.54r. 



GENUS EMPIDONAX CABANIS. 



"Tarsus lengthened, considerably longer than bill and exceeding the middle 

 toe, which is decidedly longer than the hind toe. Bill variable. Tail very 

 slightly forked, even or rounded; a little shorter only than the wings, which are 

 considerably rounded; the first primary much shorter than the fourth. Head 

 moderately crested. Color, olivaceous above, yellowish beneath; throat generally 

 gray." 



. Empidonax acadicus (GMEL.). 



ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. 



Summer resident in the eastern to middle portion of the State; 

 not uncommon in the eastern part. Arrive the first to the 

 twentieth of May; begin laying early in June; return in Sep- 

 tember. 



B. 143. K. 324. C. 384. G. 158, 177. U. 465. 



HABITAT. Eastern United States (western Manitoba. Setori); 

 west into Nebraska and middle Texas; south in winter through 

 eastern Mexico into northern South America. 



SP. CHAR. "The second and third quills are longest, and about equal; the 

 fourth a little shorter; the first about equal to fifth, and about .35 less than the 

 longest. Tail even; the upper parts, with sides of head and neck, olive green; 



