TYEAyXID^^^ : - TYBAXSIX^ : TYEAXT FL YCA TCHESS. HI 



Exchi^iri:!'/ Ea.^tcrn Species, 



Largest: nulier over than nnder 0.00; wing nearly or over 3.00 ; tarsus 0.67 ; middle toe and claw 0.50; 



bill nearly or quite 0.50. Clear liglit olive-green above, below whitish ; wing-bars and eye-ring tainiii. 



Nest rf.t/'in fork of a horizontal bough; eggs, s'A.'H..'. Xot Now England aca.licus 3S+ 



Mediimi: rather under 0.00; wing ;;.70; tarsus 0.07, but middle toe and elaw 0.00 : bill hardly 50. 



Olive-tr.iir/i above, below grayish; wing-bars and eye-ring whiti.<h. Nest a bulky cup in a hu.<l, : 



eg.^ flHckU;!. New England ■ "■'''"' S-5 



Small; rather under 5.50; juorortions and colors nearly as in /railli. Nest a neat cup in upright 



crotch of a ^rtc; eggs (c/nVc. Commonest breeder in S. New England miniinus 3S7 



:Mcdium : under p;\rts tlu-'roughh/ iiilloir. Nest mar in ound in n stumper log, bulky. Eggs sptcklul. 



New England nai-iniilris 3SS 



F.iclusireh/ jrc,-;fer» Specieii. 



The reprcsent.ative of ^rai7/i. Egcis tpcclied piifi'lus 3S0 



The representative of ./fatii-t/i^ns, Eijffs dp<:ckleil di-icri.t 3i'.< 



Sm,ill. and otherwise like miiiimiis,- dark below, breast not very dillcrent from hack; bill e-\trcmcly 



narrow, r./rts icliifc luii.nn.vi.li 390 



Large, about the size of acadirus : olive-brown above; bre;ist dark; outer tail-feather white on i'u;er 



web ; bill very narrow. Eggs ichit,: o^sciira.* :iil 



384. E. acadiois. (^L;it. of Aoadi;i.) .•*MALL Greex-ckested iv Acadian Flycatcher. 

 Above, olivc-iym'H, cle;\r, liaht, ooutiuuous :uid uuiforui (though the cfowu m;iy show rather 

 diirker, .iwiue to duskv centres of the slightly lengthened, erectile fe;itlievs) : below, wltiti-^h, 

 olive-sh;ided ou sides aud nearly across breast, yellowish-washed on belly, tlauks, cvissnui and 

 axillai-s : wings dnsky, inner quills edged, and coverts tipped, with tatniii yellow; all the 

 quills whitish-edged internally; tail dusky, olive-glossed, unmarked; a tainui eye-riug : feet 

 and upper mandible brown, under mandible pale. In midsummer, rather darker : in early fall 

 brishter and especially more yellowish below : in the youuo, the wing-uiarkings more fulvous, 

 the oeneral plumage slightly iHiliy-siiffused : when very young, said to be mottled transversely 

 with pale ochraceous. LLU'gest ; b.7o-6-'2o — rather over than under 6.00 ; extent rather over 

 than mider 9.50 : wing '3.75-3.00 (even o.li?) ; tail 3.50-5.75 ; bill nearly or quite 0.50, about 

 O.05 wide at nostrils, broad and flat, like a pewee's ; tarsus 0.06 : middle toe and claw 0.50 : 

 pioint of wiog reachino- nearly an incJt beyond tlie secondaries ; 3d. 3d. aud 4th quills nearly equal 

 and much (\ inch or uiore'^ longer than 1st and 5th, wltich about equal each other ; 1st )iiiic]i 

 kmger than 6th. The ? near the lesser of all the dimensions given. Eastern U. S.. southerly, 

 scarceh/ J^noint in Xcic En(j1and: abundant iu the Middle aud Western States in woodland : 

 readily recognized by the points of size and shape, without regarding coh.n'atiou. Xest in trees, 

 in horizontal fork of a slender bough : thin aud open-worked, shallow, flat, saucer-shaped : eggs 

 3-4, 0.7':' X 0.56. ereamy-white, boldly spotted, resembliu!; a wood pewee's. {^Iiiscicapa f:i(li- 

 viritli-i I)ARTR.\M, 1701 : Empidona.v sxibrlridls C'oues, 1'>S3 (name acadicu.f geographic;\lly 

 false). 2Iiiscicapa iiuendu Vi'iLS.. ii, 77, pi, l.'b f 3 ; JI. acadica Aud., B. Am., ^vo. ed. 1^40. 

 i, 331. pi. 63 : Empidoitaj: acadiciis Bd.. B. JS", A., 1S5S, pi. 197.) 



385. E. trailli. (To T. S. Traill, of Edinburgh.) Traill's Flycatcher. Above, olive- 

 hroinu lighter and duller briiivnish posterhirly, darker on head, owing to obviously dusky 

 centres of the coronal feathers : below. ne;trly as in acadiciis. but darJ;(r. the olive-gray shading 

 quite across the breast; wiug-markiuss (irai/ish-ichitc Tvitli slight yellowish or tawny shade; 

 under ni;indible pale; upper mandible and feet black. Averaging sm;tller thtin acadicus: 

 length 5.50-6.00 ; extent under 9.50. usually S. 75-9. 00 : wing 3.66-3.75. more rounded than 

 in acadicus. its tip only reaching about f of an inch beyond the secondaries, formed by 3d, 3d 

 and 4th quills, as before, but 5th not so much shorter (hardly or not \ of an iuch) , the 1st raua:ing- 

 between 5th and 6th ; tail 3.50; tarsus 0.66, as before, but middle toe and claw 0.60. the feet 

 thus differently proportioned, owing to lenirth of toes : bill not so broad and flat as in acadicus. 

 Eastern X. Am. to the Plains, common : an entirely dift'erent bird from acadicus, but difficult 

 if not impossible to distinguish from the followiug variety ; almost the same in color as minimus. 

 hut larger, and otherwise j>erfectly distinct. A common breeder from Xew England and Canada 



