164 WILD AKIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. 



Order PASSERES : Perching Birds. 



Family TYRANNID^: Tyrant Flycatchers. 



Kingbird: Tyrannus tyrannus tyranniis. — The- familiar kingbird 

 Avith the white unclerparts and white tail band is recorded Ijj' Mr. 

 Brj^ant from the parli along the iSTortb Fork of the Flathead. He 



says it breeds but is not common anj'- 

 where in the park or in the northern part 

 of Flathead Count}-. 



Olive-sided Flycatcher : Nuttallovnis 

 horealis. — One of the characteristic notes 

 of the forested mountains is the plaintive 

 pew-jnp, pew-peio-pe' -oh, peto-pip, peio- 

 pew-pc'-oh. It was heard in a number 

 of places in the park, and one of the birds 

 was seen August 19, at the Reynolds Cabin 

 From Biological Survey. Lakes, iieaL Watertou Lake, sitting char- 



FiG. 07.— Kingbird. ■ , ■ ii , ,. • 



acteristicaliy on top of an evergreen spire, 

 its white median line showing between the dark graj' of its sides 

 as it raised its head to give its sweet call. On the southwestern 

 boundary of the park, from Java to Belton, in June, 1895, Messrs. 

 Bailey and Howell found it in the dead timber ranging to tim- 

 berline. 



Western Wood Pewee : Myiochanes richardsoni richardsoni. — In 

 June, 1895, at the upper St. Mary Lake, Messrs. Bailey and Howell 

 collected one pewee and saw one or two more ; and from Summit 

 westward along the boundary line of the park a few others were 

 seen. 



The pewee is a bird that is easily overlooked, as its gray plumage 

 renders it inconspicuous and its quiet call — given as tioeer or deer — 

 can be heard only near at hand. Like the eastern wood pewee, it sits 

 erect watching for passing insects, when one appears, darting out, 

 snapping it up and circling back again to its perch. 



Western Flycatcher: Emp>ulona.n difflcviis dificilis. — A small 

 flycatcher taken for the Avestern was heard, July 10, above Lake 

 Josephine and two having the characteristic dull yellow underparts 

 were seen July .30 near Gmisight Lake, and August 28 on the Camas 

 Lake Trail above Lake McDonald. 



Traill Flycatcher : Empidonax trailli trailli} — A small graj' fly- 

 catcher with white chin, gray breast, and v^'hite wing bars, was seen 

 in several places in the park among the willows, where its pip, pip, 

 and its explosive ha-wcc'-wr were heard as it circled out from its 

 perch to snap up passing insects. 



^ Formerly the Alder Flycatcher, EiiipUJonax traiUl alnonini. 



