C II. JMen-idiii — liii'ds of ('(Hiinctiiiit. 59 



127. Empidonax minimus Bainl. Least Flycati-hor. 



An abundant suninuT ivsidciit, anivinir early in May (May :., 1-^77), 

 and remaining till late in September. IJreeds abnndantly in -ard«ais 

 tlirontihout the city. 



128. Empidonax flaviventris Baird. Yellow-licllied I'lycatclier. 

 Not unconnnon durino- migrations; arrives about the middle u|" 



May (May 20, 1870), remainino- till the last of the month, and .Mr. 

 Griunell tells me he has seen it in early June. Have taken it in lall, 

 about the middle of September (Sept. 17, 1875). Not known to 

 breed. 



Family, CAPRIMULGID^. 



129. Antrostomus VOCiferUS (Wilson) Bonaparte.. Wliippoorwill. 



A common summer resident. Arrives early in May (May 2, 1877, 

 Osborne). Nocturnal, spendino- the day on the uround l)eneath some 

 tree, or among thick bushes. When disturbed, its flight is short and 

 irregular, and it may easily be shot. The Stadtmiiller Brothers have 

 an unusually pale set of eggs taken on IMill Rock (near New Haven) 

 May 30th, 1875. " They were not placed by the side of a rock <n- 

 log, as Samuels says."* 



130. Chordeiles Virginianus (Brisson) Bonaparte. Xiglit-hawk; 



Buli-bat. 



A common summer resident, arriving eai-ly in May (^lay 11, 1875, 

 Sage). Mr. W, W. Coe has taken its eggs as late as June 23d (1872). 

 By no means strictly nocturnal like the last, but may be seen, espe- 

 cially in autumn, flying about high in the air and constantly uttering 

 its peculiar cry, at any hour of the day, though generally preferring 

 the twilight. Commonly roosts on old logs or horizontal lind)s 

 (sometimes quite high up) on which they lie longitudinally, 



131. Chaetura pelagica (Linne) Baird. Chimney Swift. 



An abundant summer resident, arriving in April or ]\Iay (.Vpril 

 14, 1876, Osborne; April 30, 1877, May 5, 1874, Portland, Sage; 

 May 8, 1874), and remaining till late in September (Sept. 27, 

 Osborne); breeds abundantly in old chinmeys. Before the days of 



* MS. notes of the Stadtmiiller Brothers. 



