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EXPERT FLYCATCHERS. 

 Chebec or Least Flycatcher 



The pair of Least Flycatchers, with which this chapter- 

 deals, built their nest, as may be very plainly seen in the 

 photographs, in an apple tree. This tree was located within 

 twenty feet of the house of a friend of mine and also of 

 the birds. 



We saw the very foundation built, in fact we noticed 

 them carrying almost the first materials that entered into 



Fig. 54. The nest ^cas ilai))tlij set among a cluster nf green 

 apples. 



it. The building of the home occupied the two of them for 

 three davs. They did not work very steadily for there 

 were a great many flies and moths to be caught. The male 

 had a favorite lookout perch at the very apex of a pear tree; 

 he would often sit there for an hour at a time singing his 



