OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 



MRS. HUBBARD pointed this bird 

 out to me once on a high, oak in our 

 yard. I do not know what year, perhaps 

 about 1904 or 1905, but I had a poor study 

 of him on that day. Today, May 13, 

 1907, I watched him as long as I wanted 

 to in a most favorable situation. He was 

 perched on the dead stub of a tree, on the 

 bluff on the Buckingham place, and as the 

 tree w r as below me he was nearly on a level 

 with me. He is a powerful looking bird. 

 Such a strong bill, and such vigorous move- 

 ments as he had! He would dart at in- 

 sects a great distance away, but always 

 returned to the same stub at the top of the 

 tree. I noticed that he always faced south, 

 no matter at what angle he lit on the stub 

 he always took his position facing me and 

 turned his eye towards the sun, which was 

 bright and hot, without blinking. It was 

 the same when I went to the west of him: 

 he still faced south, so it was evidently not 

 done with the object of keeping an eye on 

 me. Was it that he saw the insects better 

 between the sun and himself, I wonder? 



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