72 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Contopus richardsonii. 



WESTERN WOOD PEWEE. 



A common summer resident from Manitoba to the Pacific 

 coast. 



Empidonax flaviventris. 



YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 



A common summer resident of the Maritime Provinces, and 

 rare or casual westward to Manitoba. Mr. COMEAU has taken 

 two specimens at Point des Monts, and Mr. Jos. MACOUN reports 

 finding numbers at Lake Misstassini. KUMLIEN met with one 

 off Cape Farewell, Greenland. 



Empidonax difficilis. 



-AIRD % S FLYCATCHER. 



Occurs from the Plains to the Pacific border. 



Empidonax acadicus. 



ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. 



This species is a fairly common summer resident of British 

 Columbia, and Mr. THOMPSON found it breeding at Duck Moun- 

 tain, Manitoba, in 1884, and not uncommon. Mr. JOHN A. MOR- 

 DEN reports having taken one example at Hyde Park, Ontario, 

 and Dr. HALL gives it as " scarce " at Montreal. 



Empidonax pusillus. 



LITTLE FLYCATCHER. 



This species "is a common summer resident of British Colum- 

 bia, and Prof. MACOUN found it at the elbow of the South Sas- 



