The Olive-sided Flycatcher 



By GEO. W^. FISKE, Jr. 



With photographs from nature by the author 



IT was the last part of May, 1903, that I discovered a pair of the rare 

 Olive -sided Flycatchers. They were in the top of a tall dead tree, 

 and I should not have noticed them had not their strange notes 

 attracted my attention. I searched for their nest, but could not find it. 



On May 27, 190+, I saw a pair of these Flycatchers in the same tree 

 where I first found them. They preferred the tall trees near a stream for 

 their hunting-ground, and both birds were always near until June 3, when 

 one of them disappeared. 



I had not noticed any nest-building, but the sudden disappearance of one 

 of the birds led me to suppose that one of them was caring for the eggs. 

 I searched for the nest, but without success. 



One bird still remained, and I began to think that some one had shot 

 the other, when, to my surprise, the other bird returned June 25. I 

 concluded that the eggs had hatched and that both birds were caring for 

 their young. 



They seemed quite anxious as I approached some small spruces near 



NEST AND EGGS OF OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 

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