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ond higher pitched and prolonged, with rising inflection, 

 resembling, in a measure, chu-e-e-p.'" (J. Dwight, Jr.) 



ACADIAN OR GREEN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER 



The Acadian Flycatcher, or Green-crested Flycatcher, 

 ranges throughout eastern North America to Ontario, win- 

 tering in Central America. 



In low, damp woodlands the Acadian flycatcher chooses 

 to spend the summer. Within the shadow of a single wood 

 it finds its mate, rears its young, and gathers strength for 

 the return to winter quarters in Central America. 



The first notice which we have of the bird's arrival, some 

 time during the last week in April, is a fairy sneeze, heard 

 in the depths of the wood, *' Cleotip." This note comes not 

 from the tip of some dead limb in full view, as would be the 

 case with other flycatchers, but from a clear space on some 

 lower limb. The bird delivers his salutation with apparent 

 effort, and he jerks his tail at the same time by way of 

 emphasis. His repertory of song contains no other notes 

 save a low humming titter of adulation, common to the Httle 

 flycatchers, and a sharp scolding note. 



It is not altogether unusual to find the Acadian fly- 

 catcher frequenting second-growth clearings and the woodsy 

 borders which face damp brush lots, but he is more com- 

 monly found along some unfrequented wood-road, or in the 

 gloomy heart of the forest. Here he waits for mosquitoes 

 and midges, darting at them suddenly from his perch, mak- 

 ing a quick turn while bringing his mandibles together with 

 a click. 



