AVES. 131 



PASSERES. CLAMATORES. 



TYRANNIDAE. 



N. H. — Local summer resident below 2000 ft.; uncommon 

 south of White Mts. (May 11, 16) May 20-Aug. 31. Eggs, 

 June 22-July 8. 



Vt. — Uncommon local summer resident. (May 17) May 21- 

 Sept. Eggs, June 13- July 30. 



Mass. — Local summer resident, rare in eastern part (Essex 

 and Middlesex Cos.), commoner in western. May 16-June 6; 

 summer-Aug. 24. Eggs, June 15- July 3. 



Conn. — Local summer resident (Norfolk). (May 6). 



248. Empidonax minimus (Baird) Baird. 

 Least flycatcher; Chebec. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1907, pt. 4, p. 561. Bird- 

 lore, 1908, vol. 10, plate in no. 3, fig. 1. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, 

 pi. 2, fig. 31. 



Tyrannula minima Baird, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1843, p. 

 284. ".NEAR Carlisle, Pennsylvania." 



Orchards, shade trees, and borders of woods; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common summer resident. (April 21) April 27-Aug. 31 

 (Sept. 5). Eggs, June 11. 



N. H. — Common summer resident below 2000 ft. April 29- 

 Sept. Eggs, May- June 10; July 10-late July (2d brood). 



Vt. — Common summer resident of low country. April 29- 

 Sept. 



Mass. — Common summer resident. (April 22) April 28-Sept. 

 21 (Oct. 2). Eggs, May 20- July 1 (2 broods). 



R. I. — Common summer resident. (April 22) April 27-fall. 

 Eggs, May 24-June 2. 



Conn. — Common summer resident. April 26-Sept. 



