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North American Birds Eggs. 



NEST AND EGGS OF OI.IVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. 



460. Coues Flycatcher. Cniitopiis pcrtina.r paUidivcntris. 



Range. — Western Mexico, breeding nortli to central Arizona. 



This Flycatcher builds one of the most artistic nests created 

 by feathered creatures. It bears some resemblance on the ex- 

 terior to that of the next species, but it is much more firmly 

 made, and the walls are usually higher, making a very deep- 

 ly cupped interior. The outside of the nest is made of fibres, 

 cobwebs, catkins, etc., tirmly felted together and ornamented 

 [Cream coliir.J -niith green lichens to match the limb upon which it is saddled. 

 The interior is heavily lined with dried, yellowish grasses, making a very 

 strong contrast to the exterior. They are fairly abundant birds in the ranges 

 of southern Arizona, where they nest generally during June. They lay three 

 eggs of a rich creamy color, spotted and blotched, chiefly about the larger end, 

 with reddish brown and lilac gray. Size .85 x .61. Data.— Huachuca Mts., 

 Arizona, July 8, 1897. 3 eggs. Nest in a yellow pine about 60 feet up and 

 near the extremity of a long slender limb. Elevation 7000 feet. Collector, 

 O.W.Howard. 



