Green, Greenish Gray, Olive, and Yellowish Olive Birds 

 cut of the south. It might be a leaf that is being blown about 



h de n V"" '""^''"^ ''^^^'"^ ^^^°"^h the tfees. and partly 

 shaded by the young foliage casting its first shadows ^ ^ 



Woodlands, through which small streams meander lazily 

 .nvitmg swarms of insects to their boggy shores m-.ke ideal 

 hunt.ng grounds for the Acadian flycatct'r. It chooses a low 

 rather than a high, conspicuous perch, that other members of its 

 ^.m.ly mvanably select; and from such a lookout it may be seen 

 aunchmg mto the air after the passing gnat-darting downward 



iks o th"A 7""^'."^"P--'^ - 'ts aerial hunt, the vigorous 

 clicks o the beak as it closes over its tiny victims testifvdng to 

 the bird s unerring aim and its hearty appetite ^ 



While perching, a constant tail-twitching is kept up- and a 

 faint, fretful " Tshee-kee, tskee-kee" escapes t'he bird wh'en inac- 

 tively waiting for a dinner to heave in sight 



In the Middle Atlantic States its peeping sound and the click- 

 ing of its particolored bill are infrequently heard in the village 



from th" '. '"'""'"; ^^'"^ '^'' '^^ ^"'^ ^^''^^"-y ^^'--d^ ^>'-e enticed 

 from the deep woods by a prospect of a more plentiful diet of 

 insects, attracted by the fruit in orchards and gardens 



th. .^h' m"" ^'' ^''°"^ '^' ^'■°""^' °" ^^^ °'' "^^--^ P^'-^"^' branches, 

 the shallow, unsubstantial nest is laid. Some one has cleverly 



described It as ;;a tuft of hay caught by the limb from a load 

 driven under it, but this description omits all mention of the 

 quantmes of blossoms that must be gathered to line the cradle 

 for the tiny, pure white eggs. 



Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 



(Empidomx flaviventris) Flycatcher family 



^''''^sp7rrVw.- '^ *"'''''• "^^^"^ '" '"''^ '"'^"^'' than the English 

 ^^/<f— Rather dark, but true olive-green above Thrmt -,nH 

 breast yellowish olive, shading i^to pale y dfow underneath 

 including wmg linings and under tafi coverts. Wings hve 

 yellowish bars. Whitish ring around eye. Upper fart of 

 bill black, under part whitish or flesh-colored 



7^..W._Smaller. with brighter yellow under parts and more 

 decidedly yellow wing-bars. 



i?a«^,_North America, from Labrador to Panama, and westward 

 trom the Atlantic to the plains. Winters in Central AmeTica 



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