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the latter. The usual eastern type was not met with west of Eastern 

 Kansas, the western form being the only one seen in Golonido. The 

 latter was especially frequent near Fairplay, in South Park, where it 

 was breeding, but ail the uests obtained contained half-grown young." 

 The eggs are very similaV to those of G. virem. 



The following' has been obligingly comuuinicated by Mr. Trippe: 

 " This bird anives in Bergen's Park, Colorado, in the latter part of 

 May, and soon becomes abundant, extending its range up to over 

 10,000 feet, and perhaps as high as timber-line. It breeds from about 

 7,000 feet upward. The nest is planted in the fork of a tree and 

 resembles that of JEmpidonax minimus, being quite different from that 

 of the Eastern Wood Pewee; the eggs, however, are entirely similar. 

 The young are hatched late in June, and only one brood is raised. It 

 is one of the first birds to leave in autumn, departing about the middle 

 of August. In notes and habits it is very different from C. virens. In- 

 stead of haunting the thickest woods, it roams over the open country, 

 shunning the deep shade of the forests, and acting in all respects like 

 Sayornis fuseus ; while its notes are far harsher and quicker than the 

 slow, melancholy plaint of the Eastern Wood Pewee, and only faintly 

 resemble it. The two varieties, in fact, are as well marked as any that 

 are supposed to belong to the same sjjecies of this family." 



EMPIDONAX ACADICUS, (Gm.) Bd. 

 Acadian, or small Green-crested Flycatcher. 



{'.)MusciBapa acadica, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 947.— Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 480.— 



ViEiLL., Ois. Am. Sept. i, 1807, 71 (not of Xiiitall). 

 Mascicapa aeadlca, Bp., Svn. 1828, 68.— AuD., Orn. Biog. ii, 1834, 256 ; v, 1839, 429 ; pi. 



144 ; Syn. 1839, 42 ; B. Am. i, 1840, 221, pi. 62.— Gin., B. L. 1. 1844, 40.— (?) Pdtn., 



Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 18o6, 206 (more likely minimus). 

 TijrannuJa acadica, S\v.— Bp., Comp. and Geog. List, 1838, 24 ; Gonsp. i, 1850, 189. — 



WOODH., Sitgr. Eep. 1853, 74 (Indian Territory). 

 Myohius acadicits, Gray, Genera of Birds, i, 219. 

 MyiarcJms amdicus. Cab., Wieg. Arch. 1847, 248. 

 Empidonax acadicus. Cab., Mus. Hein. ii, 1859, 70.— Bd., B. N. A. 18.58, 197.— SCL., Cat. 



1882, 229.— CotjBS & Prent., Smiths. Rep. 1861, 404.— Wheat., Ohio Agric. 



Eep. No. 52.— Allen, Pr. Ess. lust, iv, 1864, 54.— Dkess., Ibis, 1835, 475 



(Texas). — Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, Ir^GH, 290. — McIlvv'R., Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 



1866, 84 (Canada West, rare).- Coue.s, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1888. 264.- Tuk.xb., B. 



E. Pa. 1869, 14.— Brew., Am. Nat. i, 18G7, 119 (important).— Co0es, Key, 1872, 



174.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. ii, 1874, 374, i>l. 44, f. 11. 

 Pliroccphalus (Empidonax) acadicus, Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 361, No. 5492. 

 (?) " Platijrliynclius rirescens, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. ssvii, 22" (fide Cabanis). 

 Muscicapa qaerula, Wils., Am. Oru. ii, 1810, 77, pi. 13, f. 3 (nee rieillot). 

 " Muscicapa subviriciis, Bartr., p. 289" (quoted iu Jard. ed. Wils.). 

 " Muscicapa jmsilla, Lemb., Ay. Isl. Cuba, 1850, 129" (fide Lawr.). 

 " Tyrannula pusilla, Gundl., J. f. O. 18.55, 48U" (fide Lawr.). 

 " Empidonax jjusillus, C.\B., J. f. 0. 1855,480" (fide Lawr.). 



flafe.^Eastern United States; rarely north into New England, and no authentic 

 record beyond Massachusetts. Canada West (Mcllioraith). West to the Missis.'iippi 

 aud slightly beyond. Breeds abundantly iu the SJiddle Districts. Cuba (Lawk., Auu. 

 Lye. N. Y. vii, 18G0, 2S5; Gundl., Rep. 240). ("Acadicus" geographically wrong.) 



The present is the most distinct and easily recognized of the four 

 species of the genus inhabiting the Eastern States. Xevertheless, it 

 has been frequently confounded with others, notably by New England 

 writers, many or most of whose citations really refer to minimus or 

 trailUi — especially the former. Thus, ^S'uttall says it is one of "our 

 most common summer birds" in Southern New England; but his whole 

 account evidently refers to minimus. Mr. Allen more correctly says it 

 is rather rare in Massachusetts, while Mr. Maynard, a trustworthy ob- 



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