320 KORTII AMERICAN JiiUDS. 



Myiodioctes canadensis, Aid. 



CANADA FLYCATCHER. 



Miim-ifiipa canittkiisis, I, inn. Syst. Nat. I, 17titi, 'Ail. (.Uii.ii'ici/xi miiinlniKi.i rinn-m, nitis- 

 SON, II, UHl, till), y.i, li},'. 4.) —ti.Mi:i,iN. — Wilson, 111, pi. xxvi, li';. 'J. — Aid. Oni. 

 liiiif,'. II, pi. ciii. Stinitluiijii can. Sw.mns. ; Itirii. ; (iii.vv. Mi/iii(h'iictes cuii. Aiu. 

 Minis Am. II, pi. dii. — Hi;i;\vi.:i!, I'r. liost. Sur. VI, ;'. ^m■.st inid cj^^^'.s). ■Sii,.vn:i!, 

 r. Z. S. lSi)i, in (iMimiliii' ; wiiitcH; 18.5.'), 143 (Hiigotii) ; 1858, 451 (Kcmulort. — 

 In. (.'iital. 181)1, ;i4, IK). -^(14. — ScLATKll .t Sai.vin, ll)is, 185!1, 11 (Uimti'malii). — 

 Lawi!i:n( i:, Ann N. Y. I.vc VI, ISil.'. - ISaiim), lUnls N. Am. 1858, •_'!)4 ; Uvv. y:!!). 

 — Samii'.i.s, 247. Kidliliiiiix cini. Caii. Jlus. llciii. 1850, 1851, 18 : .lour. Oiii. 18()0, 

 32(i (Costa Hioa). Si/lrid jKin/ii/inii, Mdn. ; Nurr. Siilriaila pun/a /iiia, Mdn. Mi/ii'- 

 tliiic/fs jiiii-ila/iiiii, l>()N. .' J/iiscicujiu liiiiKi/iuiii'i, Ari). (»rii. liiof,'. I, 18;il, 27, )il. v. 

 Si-liiplidiia hiiii. Iilcli. ll'ilsoiiiit litm. I'xin. Siiteiniia Inm. 'Hvtv. / Mi/inilidcfcs Imii. 

 All). Syii. — III. niidsAm. II, 1841, 17, pi. .wil. — liAiiiD, lliids N. Am. 1858, 295. 

 Si/oji/iii(j(i iiiijriciiii-f(t, TiAl'M!. lli'v. Zoiil. 1843, 2!I2 ; 1841, 7!». 



8p. f'liAR. rjipci- part l)liii.sli-asli ; a viiif;- avomiil IIkm'Vo, witli a line ruiniiiij; to the 

 lioslrils. ami lluMvliolo iiiidcr jiail (except the tail-eoveils, wliieli are white), liiiulil yellow. 

 Centres of the feathers in the anterior half of the erouii, the cheeks, eonlinnoiis with a 

 line on the .side of llie neck to the hreast, and a .series of spots acro.ss lli(> llncparl of the 

 breast, hlaek. Tail-leathers unspotted. Female similar, with the hlaelv ol' the head and 

 hreast lo.ss distinet. Jn the ^()(///(/ oh.solete. Leiiijlh. 5.,'} 1 ; wiiifr, 2.(i7 ; tail, 2.50. 



IIaii. Whole Kastern rrovinee of I'liiled States, west to the Missouri ; north to Lake 

 Winnipeg; Kaslcrn ;\iexico to Guateinala, and .south to iJogota and Eeuador (Sci.atku). 

 Not noted from West Indies. 



Hauits. Tliis is a mierratory species, iilnmdant (liirin;^ its juissago, in 

 most of tlie Atlantic States. It broi'ds, tliouoji not nluindantly, in New 

 York and ^rassaclnisetts, and in tlio reoions north of latitude 42°. How far 

 northward it is fonnd is not wtiU ascortainod, jirohalily tis far, however, as the 

 wooded country e.\tends. It was met with on Winncpejv liiver, by Mr. Kcn- 

 iiicott, the .second of June. It winters in Central and in Nortliein Soutli 

 America, liaving hoen procured at IJogota, in (Jiiateinala, tind in Costa Kica, 

 in large nuinhors. 



Mr. Audubon states that lie found this bird breeding in tlie mountainous 

 regions of rennsyl^ ania, and afterwards in .Abune, Xew r.runswick. Nova 

 Scotia, Newfoundland, and J.abrador. Although he describes with some mi- 

 nuteness its nests, yet his de.scriiitioii of their jiosition and .structure is so 

 entirely different in all res]iects from those that have l)een found in Massa- 

 chusetts, that J am constrained to believe he has been mistaken in his ideii- 

 tilications, and that those he siqiposed to belong to tliis species were really 

 the nests of a difi'erent bird. 



"Tn Vermont," Mr. Cliarles S. Paine, of IJandoljih, informs me, "the Can- 

 ada Flycatcher is a summer visitant, and is first .seen about the IStii of May. 

 Tiiey do not s])read Ihemselves over tlie woods, like most of our small lly- 

 r itching birds, but kec]) near the borders, wiiere there is a low growth of 

 bushes, and where they may be heard throughout the day singing their regu- 



