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Young in first summer. Similar, but wing-coverts tipped with buff, forming 

 two bars, and upper tail-coverts tinged with cinnamon. 



Nest of mud and moss, lined with grass, etc., placed under the eaves of a 

 spring house, boat house or barn, or under a bridge or upturned stump ; eggs, 

 four to six, white, .75 x .55. 



Common summer resident. Arrives March 13th (March 21st), de- 

 parts October 25th. 



One was seen by Dr. William C. Braislin at Crosswicks, Mercer 

 county, December 26th, 1894. 1 



The Phcebe is one of our true home birds, and one that we look for 

 with interest as a real herald of springtime. He perches familiarly 

 -on the fence, on old weed stalks, or about the farm buildings, inces- 

 santly flirting his tail and giving vent to the well-known "phoe'be, 

 phce'be, phce'be." 



459 Nuttallornis borealis (Swainson). 

 Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Adults. Length, 7.75. Wing, 4. Above, dark smoky gray ; wings and tail, 

 blacker ; tertials slightly edged with whitish ; under parts, white, sometimes 

 faintly tinged with yellow ; breast, except a median line, and flanks, ashy brown, 

 distinctly streaked with dusky. 



Rare transient. May and August September. Mr. Chapman 

 regards it as not uncommon, in autumn, near New York. 2 It is rare 

 at Demarest (Bowdish), and one is recorded from Morristown, Sep- 

 tember 18th, 1885, by Thurber and Greene. 3 Mr. Scott saw only one 

 at Princeton, 4 and for south Jersey we have no record, although 

 Krider 5 states that he has taken it. 



1 Abst. Proc. Linn. Soc., N. Y., VII., p. 9. 



2 Birds Vicinity N. Y., p. 53. 



3 O. and O., XL, p. 92. 



* Babson, Birds of Princeton, p. 57. 

 5 Field Notes, p. 24. 



