SONGLESS BIRDS. Flycatchers 



^sts were made entirely of blossoms, being rarely more 

 eight or ten feet from the ground, and so open at the 

 ai that the eggs could be seen from underneath. He 

 ays that it is a common resident of Pennsylvania from 

 intil late September, at which season it ekes out its 

 , diet with berries. 



3 nest is variously described as " a light hammock swung 

 /een forks," and " a tuft of hay caught by the limb from 

 md driven under it." 



Least Flycatcher : Empidonax minimus. 



ngth : 6-5.50 inches. 



lie and Female : Olive-gray, brightest on the head, paler on wings 

 and rump. Whitish eye ring, and wing-bars. Breast whitish, 

 growing more yellow toward vent. Bill dusky. Feet black. 

 >e : " Che-bec ! Chebec ! " (Coues.) 

 son : Common summer resident ; May to late September. 

 eds : From Pennsylvania northward. 



C .■ In upright crotch of tree or bush, substantial and well cupped. 

 Materials varying with the location, plant fibres and weeds, 

 lined with down and sometimes horsehair. 

 < : Usually unmarked, occasionally faintly spotted. 

 je : Eastern North America, south in winter to Central America. 



ie least of his tribe, the mite, whose olive poll is seen 



reat numbers darting about the orchard in May and 



in late September when the decaying fruit attracts 



ius insects. He is abundant, useful, and sociable, 



a neither possessing gay feathers nor a single musical 



">t he fills his own corner, doing his part in helping 



^.ep the upper hand over the insect world. These 



•■ are solicitous parents and, as a rule, show great 



*r their young, becoming almost frantic if the 



oached. 



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