146 BIRDS 



half his life in the tropics among gorgeously feathered 

 friends. Even the plain vireos wear finer clothes than the 

 dusky flycatchers. You may know that the chebec is not 

 one of those deUberate searchers of fohage by his sudden, 

 murderous sallies in mid-air. 



Abundant from Pennsylvania to Quebec, the least fly- 

 catchers are too inconspicuous to be much noticed. They 

 haunt apple orchards chiefly at nesting time, fortunately 

 for liie crop. 



