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Genus MYIARCHUS Cab. 



' Great Crested Flycatcher, reduced. 



190-452-(373). Myiarchus crinitns (Linn.). *Cbbsted Flycatcher; Great 

 Crested Flycatcher. 

 Common; througout the state; May to Sept.; " Mackinac Island " (S.E.White); 

 rather retiring in its habits; breeds; nests in holes in fence rails, usually in hollows of 

 trees, or old Woodpecker holes; nests often contain cast skins of snakes as a portion 

 of the fabric, as often noticed in our state; eggs four to oix, yellowish white, scratched 

 with purple. 



Gentjs SAYORNIS Bonap. 



191-456-(379). Sayornis phoebe (Lath.). * Phcebe; Pewee; Bridge Bird; House 



Pewee; Pewit Flycatcher. 

 Very common; probably throughout the entire state; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); " Iron Mountain " (E.E.Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds 

 very abundantly; nests in May, under bridges or porches, in out houses, etc.; eggs five 

 to seven, pure white occasionally with brown spots at large end; one of our best 

 known and most familiar birds; its plaintive note is known to all. 



Genus CONTOPDS Cab. 



192^59-(380). Contopns borealis (Swain.). Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Rather rare; throughout the Southern Peninsula; April to Aug.; " rare in Kalama- 

 zoo County" (Dr. M. Gibbs); taken by Dr. M. Gibbs in Ottawa County, May 21, 1879 

 (Bull. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. IX, p. 186); "very common in many northern 

 counties" (C. J. Davis); "abundant at Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); Mr. A. Durfee 

 found a nest in Wayne County in 1889; nests in June, in trees; eggs three to five, as in 

 next species except larger. 



