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Tho upper parts, with sides of tlio liend niid nock, olive-frrcen ; tlio nrown very little if 

 uy Jarkur. A ycllowi-sli-wliite riiii,' round the (jye. The sides of the body under the 

 w I igs like the back, but fainter olive; a tinge of the same across the breast; the chin, 

 : ■ .t, and middle of the lielly white; the abdomen, lower tail and wing eoveits, and 

 sides of the liody not eoveivd by tlie wings, pale greenish-yellow. Kdges of I lie lirsl 

 pi'imary, secondaries, and tertials margined with dull yellowish-white, most broadly on 

 the latter. Two transveiso bands of pale yellowish (sometimes with an oeln-ey tinge) 

 across tho wings, formi'd by tiie tips of the sc'ondary and primary coverts, sueeeeded by 

 n brown one. Tail light brown, margined externally like the back. I'piicr mnndiiile 

 light lirown above ; pr.K' yellow beneath. In autumn the lower parts are more yellow 

 Length, r,A\'>; wing, ;!.(H); tail, 2.7."). Youuf/ (0l1,,s!)2 Mt. Carmel, 111., August 11, 1870; 

 I!. liiiKiWAV.) Whole upper surface with indistinct transverse bars of pale oehraceous ; 

 wing-iuiukings light oehraceous. 



IIab. Eastern United States to the Mississippi; Yucatan. Localities: Cuba (Lawr. 

 VII, 18(!(), 2Cht ; Gu.NiJi,. Kept. 1805, 240); San Antonio, Te.xas, summer (DKt;ssKK, 

 Ibis, ISO."), 47')). 



Tliis s]iecios i.s very similar to E. irailli, but the uppei* parts aro of a 

 lirigliter and more luiit'orm olive-green, much like that of Virco olivnccini. 

 Tiie feathers of the crown lack the darker centre. Tliere is less of the 

 olivaceous-asli across the breast. Tlie .bands across the wing are light 

 yellowish, instead of grayish-olive. There is much more yellow at the 

 base of the lesser quills. The wing.s are longer, both proportionally tuul 

 absolutely. The primaries exceed the secondaries by nearly an inch, 

 instead of by only about .70 ; the proportions of the quills are much the 

 same. 



Habits. This species belongs to Eastern North America, but its distril)u- 

 tion north and east is not determined with entire certainty. I have never 

 met with or received any evidence of its breeding northeast of Philadel- 

 phia. Nuttall's account of this bird so blends what he had ascertained 

 in regard to the habits of a different species with what he derived from 

 otlier writers, that his whole sketch must be passed as unreliable. It is 

 shy and retiring in its habits, frequenting only lonely places, and would 

 readily escape notice, so that its presence in New Jersey, New York, and 

 even New England, may not be uncommon, although we do not know 

 it. Mr. Lawrence mentions its occurring in the vicinity of New York 

 City ; but I can find no evidence whatever that a single specimen of this 

 bird has e\er been procured in any part of New England, except Mr. 

 Allen's mention of finding it near Springfield. That it is found in the 

 immediate neighborhood of riiiladelphia I have positive evidence, having 

 received its nest and eggs, found in AVest Philadelphia. Mr. TurnbuU 

 gives it as of frequent occiu'rence from the lieginning of May to the middle 

 of September. He generally met witl it in the most secluded i)arts of 

 woods. Mr. McHwraith calls it a rare summer resident near Hamilton, 

 C'anadii West. 



I am informed by Mr. Thomas H. Jackson, an accunite observer, resident 

 in Westchester, T\i., that this Flycatcher arrives in that neighborhood early 



