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torn above the Lake of the Woods. There are probably many 

 such places in the central and eastern parts of the county where 

 this and other shade-loving species are to be found. 



The eggs are laid from the last few days in May to the middle 

 of June. 



Besides the song (wick-y-up) and the sharp call note, the bird 

 often utters a humming or murmuring note which seems to be 

 known to but few observers. 



EMPIDONAX TRAILLI TRAILLI (Audubon). Traill's Flycatcher. 

 Fairly common migrant and rare summer resident. 



The Traill 's Flycatcher arrives early in May and leaves during 

 September. Its favorite haunts are in creek or river timber, 

 though it is found also in the parks and about the outskirts of 

 the city in orchards and wooded tracts. Thickets and open 

 woods also attract it, and a few are always to be found in late 

 May about the extensively planted estates in the neighborhood 

 of 52nd and Oak. The best time to observe this flycatcher is 

 during the last two weeks of May when the bulk of the north- 

 bound migrants are present. 



There are no records available of the Traill 's Flycatcher breed- 

 ing in Jackson County, but, judging from its distribution as a 

 summer resident in Missouri, it probably will be found nesting 

 in thickets about sloughs and along river courses in this vicinity. 



EMPIDONAX TRAILLI ALNORUM Brewster. Alder Flycatcher. 

 Rare migrant. 



This subspecies has not yet been satisfactorily worked out for 

 this county owing to lack of material, only one specimen having 

 been taken. It has been taken in enough numbers both to the 

 east and west to warrant the belief that there can be little doubt 

 as to its regular occurrence here. The difference between the 

 two forms is one of size only and a series of local specimens will 

 have to be studied before much is known. 



EMPIDONAX MINIMUS (W. H. & S. F. Baird). Least Flycatcher. 

 Common migrant and very rare summer resident. 



The Least Flycatcher arrives from April 30th to May 6th 

 and leaves during September. 



The only authentic record of the Chebec having nested in the 

 State of Missouri is furnished by Tindall, who took a set of 



