82 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OP MICHIGAN. 



GENUS MYIARCHU8 CAB. 



Great Crested Flycatcher, reduced. 



19O-452-(373). Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). *CRESTED FLYCATCHER; GREAT 

 CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 



Common; .througout the state; May to Sept.; " Mackinac Island " (S. E. White); 

 rather retiring in its habits; breeds; nests in holes in fence rails, usually in hollows of 

 trees, or old Woodpecker holes; nests often contain cast skins of snakes as a portion 

 of the fabric, as often noticed in our state; eggs four to six, yellowish white, scratched 

 with purple. 



GENUS SAYORNIS BONAP. 



191-456-(<$79). Sayornis phcebe (Lath.). * PHCEBE; PEWEE; BRIDGE BIRD; HOUSE 



PEWEE; PEWIT FLYCATCHER. 



Very common; probably throughout the entire state; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); " Iron Mountain " (E. E. Brewster); " Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); breeds 

 very abundantly; nests in May, under bridges or porches, in out houses, etc.; eggs five 

 to seven, pure white occasionally with brown spots at large end; one of our best 

 known and most familiar birds; its plaintive note is known to all. 



GENUS CONTOPUS CAB. 



192-459-(38O). Contopns borealis (Swain.). OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. 



Rather rare; throughout the Southern Peninsula; April to Aug.; " rare in Kalama- 

 zoo County" (Dr. M. Gibbs); taken by Dr. M. Gibbs in Ottawa County, May 21, 1879 

 (Bull. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. IX, p. 186); "very common in many northern 

 counties" (C. J. Davis); "abundant at Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); Mr. A. Durfee 

 found a nest in Wayne County in 1889; nests in June, in trees; eggs three to five, as in 

 next species except larger. 



