868 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



tinctly yellow, as in E. flaviventris ; bill above, brown, below whitish. 

 Immature. Above, with indistinct cross bars, wing bars and edging 

 more ochraceotts. 



Length, 5.50-5.90; wing, 2.55-3.10; tail, 2.25-2.70. 



RANGE. America, from Ecuador north over eastern United States 

 to southern New England, southern New York, Pennsylvania, south- 

 ern Michigan, "Wisconsin and Manitoba, West to Great Plains. Breeds 

 from Florida and eastern Texas northward. Winters south of United 

 States. 



Nest, in woods, shallow, pensile, fastened by rim in fork of drooping 

 limb; 4 to 20 feet up; of rootlets, grass, weeds, stems and plant fibres. 

 Eggs, 2-4; pale cream to buff, spotted and speckled with light and dark 

 brown; .79 by .58. 



The Acadian Flycatcher is a resident throughout the State; in 

 many localities it is very common, and is always more numerous dur- 

 ing migrations. It frequents woods, but is also found in orchards, 

 and lawns. It, too, arrives late, usually after May 1, and becomes 

 common at once. 



The early and late dates of first appearance at the following places, 

 is Brookville, May 4, 1882, May 18, 1883; Greensburg, May 2, 1894, 

 May 4, 1893; Sedan, May 1, 1896, May 17, 1892; Chicago, May 9, 

 1885. In the immediate vicinity of Chicago it is rare, but in the 

 Kankakee Valley it is common. It has been reported as breeding in 

 the following counties: Carroll, Dekalb, tolerably common; Lake, Tip- 

 pecanoe, Brown, Decatur, Vigo, Starke and Monroe. 



Mating begins in May; the nest is often ready for the eggs the mid- 

 dle of May, near the Ohio River, and early in June towards Lake 

 Michigan. The nest is woven in the fork of a drooping branch of a 

 tree, seldom over 15 feet from the ground. An egg is laid daily. 

 Dr. F. M. Langdon found several nests, with full complement of eggs, 

 near Madisonville, 0., May 29, 1879 (J. C. S. N. H., Dec., 1881, p. 

 340). June 8, 1878, Mr. H. K. Coale took a nest and two eggs, at 

 Whiting, Lake County. June 8, 1884, he took a nest and three eggs 

 in Starke County. June 15, Prof. B. W. Evermann took full sets in 

 Carroll County. Messrs. L. A. and C. D. Test found a nest, with 

 young, near Lafayette, June 29, 1892. The same young gentlemen 

 found a nest, containing three eggs, on the bank of the Wabash River, 

 July 9, 1892. Mr. Coale found a nest of this species at Berry Lake, 

 June 16, 1878, which was attached to a slender twig by one side only. 

 It was made entirely of fine, curling trailers growing on the tree, 

 woven neatly into a shallow nest. Externally, it was one inch deep, 

 two and a half inches in diameter. Two eggs could be seen through 



