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morp olivo above, more yellow bel<»"', aiul witli tlio win^'-povertrt «»(lged with 

 oehruoeous-l.utr L., "JS'J; W., 4i»5; T., i!-7<>; H. from N., -M. 



Kemarkfi, — Tliis njuciert iiiuy ul\vuy.>* !>« known fr()ni our other Fl.vi'utelierit 

 hy tho eonipuratively little white on tlie iiiider jmrts, aii<l by the tut't of yel- 

 lowish-white feuthers on the Hutiks. Like tho Wood I'ewee, it luw tho winjf 

 •60 or inoro loiitrer thiiti tho tail. 



Hitiiijf.—WYwA^ from Mtu»!<ttchu»ett.s and Miiinertotu northward; wintem 

 in Central and South Amerieu. 



Wjiftliinjrton, oasual T. V., one instance, Sept. Sinjf Sinj,', tolerably eoin- 

 mon T. v., May "JO; .Vui?. 15 to Sept. Hi. CanjLridge, T. V., May -JO to May 

 30; Aujj. ; formerly not uneommon S. H. 



ytHt, of twijrs and moss, in coniferous trees, about twenty-fivo feet up, near 

 the extremity of a limb. A';/;/", tiiree to live, vinaceous-white, spotted, chietly 

 about the larjrer end, with distinct and obscure rufous nutrkinj,'s, •»."> x •\Vi. 



I have st'i'ii the Olive-sided Flyciitehor only during tlie inigratiuns, 

 when I look for it on the topmost limb of some high, dead, woodland 

 tree — a commanding position from which it may view its surround- 

 ings. ICven at a distance it impresses one as being a stout, stocky bird, 

 with a head too large for its body. 



During the summer they live among pines or cedars, and are de- 

 scribed by Colonel Goss as " b(dd, (luarrelsomo, and tyrannical, zeal- 

 ously guarding any chosen locality, where they will be fo ' perched 

 upon the tops of the tallest trees, from which they swoop .lown upon 

 the passing insects, and often repeat their |)laintivc pu-j>u or pu-pip, 

 the nudes occasioiuiUy uttering a loud, whistling call-note." 



461> Contopus virens (Linn.). Wood J'ewee. J«/.— Upper parts 

 very dark, between olive and fuscous, \.'ith someiimes a tinj^e of dark olive- 

 green; wings and tail fuscous; win-^-coverts tipped with whitish, forming 

 two more or less distinct wing-lmrs ; under parts white or yellowish white, 

 wasiied with olive-gray on the siiles of the throat and brea.st, and, to a less 

 «, lit, on the center of l)reast; upper mandible })lack ; lower mandible yel- 

 lowish or brownish, the tip frc(jucntly darker, fin. — Similar, but yellower 

 below, the wing-eoverts edged with cream-buff. L., 6-5;j ; W., 3'34; T., 2-02; 

 B. from N., -42, 



Jitmarh. — The Wood I'ewee and the Olive-sided Flycatcher differ frotn 

 our other Flycatchers in liaving the wings decidedly longer than the tail, 

 and in tiieir short tarsi. From the species of tlie genus A'mjiit/oiia.r tlicy may 

 be known by these characters and their durker, more fuscous coloration. 



liamje. — Eastern North America; breeds from Florida to Newfoundland; 

 winters in Central America. 



Washington, common S. K., Apl. 28 to Oct. 15. Sing Sing, common S. R., 

 May 10 to Oct. 2. ('ambri<lgc. common S. R., May is to Sept. 10. 



Ned.1 compute and symmetrical, of fine grasses, rootlets, most*, etc., thickly 

 covered with lichens, saddled on a limb, twenty to forty feet up. A)/y«, three 

 to four, white, with a wreath of dibtiuct and obMure amber niarkiugs nbout 

 tho larger end, "OS x '54. 



