THE TRAILL FLYCATCHER. 



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bird loves brushy swamps and lowland thickets. In a suitable swamp of a few 

 acres it may abound, so that one writer has stated, rather extravagantly, that 

 it nests in colonies. On the other hand it may be entirely wanting for miles 



Taken at the Licking Rcscvroir. 



A HOME IN THE EEDERBERRIES. 



Pliolo by tlie Author. 



A FEMALE TRAILL FLYCATCHER IS SEEN SITTING ON HER NEST AT A POINT NEAR 

 THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE. 



