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35. Chorde'des popetue Bsiird. Night Hawk. Common 

 summer visitant Arrives early in May, and departs south 

 early in September. Many leave in large straggling parties 

 during the latter part of August. 



36. Ceryle alcyon Boie. Belted Kingfisher. Common. 

 Chiefly a summer visitant, arriving in March, but a few usually 

 remain about open streams during winter. 



37. Tyraiums carolinetisis Baird. King Bird. Sum- 

 mer visitant, breeding very abundantly. Arrives about May 

 10th, and departs early in September; usually by the 10th or 

 12th, sometimes by the 1st. 



38. Myiarchus crinitus Cab. Great-crested Flycatcher. 

 Rare summer visitant Have taken it May 15th, and Sept. 

 17th. Breeds on Mt. Tom (C. W. Bennett), and in some oth- 

 er parts of the State. 



39. Sayornis fuscus Baird. Pewee. Phoebe. Common 

 summer visitant, arriving about the last of March. Begins 

 nesting in April, and have found freshly laid eggs' the middle 

 of August, it raising two, perhaps occasionally three, broods, 



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in a season. 



40. Contopus borealis Baird. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 

 Summer visitant; not very rare. Arrives about May 12th, 

 and breeds in high, open woods, far away from which it is sel- 

 dom seen. Leaves about the middle of September. 



41. Contopus virens Cab. Wood Pewee. Very common 

 summer visitant, breeding in the open woods quite abundantly, 

 and occasionally in orchards. Arrives about May 15th, and 

 leaves September 10th to 15th. 



42. Empidonax Traillii Baird. TrailPs Flycatcher. Rath- 

 er rare summer visitant ; arrives May 10th to 15th, and prob- 

 ably breeds. 



43. Empidonax minimus Baird. Least-Flycatcher. A- 

 bundant summer visitant. Arrives the last of April ; some- 

 times as early as April 20th. Most abundant in orchards and 

 cultivated grounds, where it commonly breeds, but also fre- 

 quents open woods. Leaves before, or by, the middle of Sep- 

 tember. Exceeds in abundance all the other Empidonaces 

 taken together. 



44. Empidonax acadicus Baird. Acadian Flycatcher. 

 Rather rare summer visitant. Breeds in swamps and low 



