BIRDS OF THE GFIAND PHI^; REGION. — TUFTS. 181 



4()Ga. Eiiipiduiiux trailU alnurum ]3rewst. Aldeii Fly- 

 catcher. — Fairly common summer resident. Ar- 

 rives about May 28th (4 years), and leaves about 

 Aug. 25th. Observed in alder swamps, rose-bush 

 tangles, blackberry thickets and any waste land 

 covered with thick bushes. Several pairs nest 

 every year in a rose thicket near my house at 

 Wolfville. They are very shy and their presence 

 is almost invariably revealed by their characteristic 

 note. 



467. Empidojiax minimus W. M. and S. F. Baird. Least 

 Flycatcher. — Common summer resident, arriving 

 about May 10th and leaving the latter part of 

 August. This bird takes up its abode in our orchards 

 and gardens, and though I have sometimes met 

 with it in the heavily timbered regions, it always 

 seems out of place there. Nests in apple trees, 

 chiefly, about the middle of June. A nest once 

 discovered in a hemlock — a most unusual site. 



474. Otocoris alpestris alpestris (Linn.). Horned Lark. — 

 Winter visitor. Common locally. Seen on the 

 Grafid Pre from Nov. 1st to April 1st. Have 

 never observed this bird far from salt water. 



477. Cyanocitta cristata cristata (Linn.). Blue Jay. — Per- 

 manent resident, common except in midwinter. 

 During the nesting season Blue Jays are seldom 

 seen away from the backwoods regions; but in the 

 fall, when the corn begins to ripen, they appear 

 about our farms and gardens. Some years they 

 are quite common about the roadsides and orchards 

 in winter. I have frequently fed fifteen or more 

 on my lawn in severe weather. 



