Birds of Indiana. 867 



"E. flaviventris — Nest, on ground or near it, deeply cupped, thick 

 and bulky; eggs, white, spotted." 



Eare migrant, and occasional summer resident. Breeds. This spe- 

 cies is retiring and quiet, and with us is rather silent. Occasionally, 

 it utters a queer, wheezing note, which Mr. J. Dwight, Jr., says (in 

 Chapman's Birds of E. N. A.) is suggestive of a sneeze, and which he 

 writes pse-ek, uttered almost in one explosive syllable. Its call, he says, 

 is a soft, mournful whistle, consisting of two notes, the second higher 

 pitched and prolonged, with rising inflection, resembling a measure 

 "chu-e-e-p." 



It has been first observed at Bloomington, April 17, 1886, May 7, 

 1893; Bicknell, May 1, 1894; Eichmond, May 8, 1897; Greensburg, 

 May 14, 1894; Davis Station, May 18, 1884, May 31, 1885; Sedan, 

 May 21, 1888; Lake County, May 16, 1877; Petersburg, Mich., May 8, 

 1897. Mr. J. G. Parker took a male June 3, 1889, on one of the 

 knobs near New Albany.- Dr. P. W. Langdon notes a specimen taken 

 at Madisonville, 0., May 28, 1879 (J. C. S. N. H., Dec, 1881, p. 340). 



Mr. E. A. Colby shot several July 23, 1887, at Berry Lake, Lake 

 County, Ind. (Coale). Mrs. Jane L. Hine thinks it bred in Dekalb 

 County. Mr. E. W. Nelson says: "The first of July, 1873, I found 

 them quite common in a dense, swampy thicket in northern Indiana, 

 where they had probably nested" (Bull. Essex Inst., Dec, 1876, p. 

 ■ 114). Its time of mating and nesting is late. The second or third 

 week in June, or even later, is the time they lay. Their southward 

 migration is in August, and rarely extends into early September. Mr. 

 E. M. Kindle took one at Weed Patch Hill, Brown County, August 11, 

 1891 (Proc. I. A. S., 1894, p. 70); Cook County, 111., August 35, 1886; 

 Hillsdale, Mich., August 24, 1894, two. The nest is composed prin- 

 cipally of moss, and is placed on or near the ground. 



*178. (465). Empidonax virescens (Vieill.). 



Green-crested Flycatcher. 

 Synonyms, Acadian Flycatcher, Small Green-crested Flycatcher. 



Adult. — Above, olive-green, sometimes greenish-gray; wings, dusky; 

 two wing bars, and edges of secondaries, buffy or buffy-white; tail, 

 olive-brown, feathers edged with olive-green; ring around eye, yellow- 

 ish-white. Below, whitish, tinged with sulphur-yellow, shaded on 

 breast with grayish or olive; throat, whitish. Lower parts, not dis- 



