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VOL. I 



GARLAND, ME., AUG, 1890. 



NO. VI 



jFo?/7' 7veU k7i07t>n icpyesenta- 



tiresofthe family 2'yra?i?iidae 



in Uas!er?i J^ojih America, 



Tvranims tyramias (Linn.) King- 

 bird, Beemartin. — This species is a com- 

 mon siunmcr re.^ident and are usually 

 iouiid in the vicinity of farm-houpes 

 Avlierc tl-.ey build their nests in the fruit 

 trees and secure the prot«cti()n of the 

 farmers who have no bees. It is a sud 

 failing in the King-bird to (-atch bees be- 

 cause, as sure as the farmer sees him at 

 hi> hive he is;2oingto shoot him. The 

 Kingbird is dark above, light beneath 

 and may always be identified by the 

 hidden spot of reddish orange on the top 

 <>f ils head. Sometimes they build their 

 nests in very difficult places for the 

 would be collector to get at. 

 Myiarclues crinituu (Linn,) Crested 

 Flycatclier, — A large dark colored 

 Flycatcher that sets the woods alive 

 with his music, when he arrives from 

 his winter home in the south. 



Thev area little social and will even 

 ^ enture up and Ijuild their nests in the 

 boxes put up for tlie Vurple Martins 

 and lUue-hirds. This species always 

 nest ill the cavities of trees or other 

 natural hollows and lay very peculiar 

 »ggs. It has a liking for cast off 

 snake skins and one or two are found 

 in tlie material whifvi make up every 

 nc-t. 



Contopus virens (Linn ), Wocd. 

 Pewee. — This Flycatcher is somewhat 

 colored like the Kigbird but is much 

 smaller. They build their nests after 

 the manner of the Blue-grey Gnatcatch- 

 er only it is larger. The nest is or- 

 namented on the outside with grey 

 lichens similar to the Blue-grey's nest. 



I found four nests of this species this 

 year all of which contained young al" 

 most readv to flv. 



Empidonax acadicus (Gmel.) ,Acadi m 

 Flycatcher. — This species is about size 

 of last named, butdiffers greatly in hav- 

 ing a yellowish cast all over its body. 



They generally place th ir nest at the 

 cndofa long beach limb ari^l build it of 

 moss with sometimes a few slendo^ 

 ])iecesof othermateri 1. The sets vary 

 from two to three or four eggs each. 



J have often found badly incubated 

 sets of two eggs, while other collectors 

 report sets of four fresh eggs. 



H-ihltat, 

 The habitat of the above species is 

 about the same which is Eastern North 

 America, North to Southern Canada, 

 West to the (^reat Plains, South in 

 winter to Central America. 

 J W . P. Smithwkk, 



Sans Souci, N. C 



