CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 38I 



CLXXXIX. EMPIDONAX Cabanis. 1855. 

 463. Yellow-bellied I'lycatelier. 



Empidonax flaviventris Baird. 1858. 



Two received from Godthaab in Greenland in 1853. (Arct. Man.) 

 At^parently a common summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 

 Two specimens were seen on the Humber river, Newfoundland, on 

 August 15th, 1899. (L. H. Porter.) Several seen on Sable island, 

 N.S., June 8th, 1904, and one seen, June 20th, 1907. (/. Boutelier.) 

 A common summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Fairly 

 common in dense woods at Wolfville, N.S., during the summer. 

 (H. F. Tufts.) Found only at Tignish, Prince Edward island ; in small 

 numbers. Observed in small numbers at Baddeck, Cape Breton 

 island. (Dwight.) A common summer resident in New Brunswick. 

 (Chamberlain.) Rather common at Ellis bay, Anticosti, about the 

 edges of the woods. (Brewster.) I noticed this bird on the Mag- 

 dalen islands in 1897, and on the 13th June of that year one came 

 on board the steamer I was on, when off the Gaspe coast. I have not 

 seen it in Ontario. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Common at Lake Mistas- 

 sini, Que, and breeds. (/. M. Macoun.) Taken at Beauport ; a common 

 summer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A rather scarce summer 

 resident in the Montreal district. I have not found a nest of this 

 species here yet but have shot several specimens of the bird. (Wintle.) 



A rare summer resident in the Ottawa district ; a nest of this species 

 was taken at Chelsea, Que., in June, 1897. (Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) Regular migrant at Toronto, usually not very common; 

 a common and widely distributed species, breeding in Muskoka and 

 Parry Sound districts. (/. H. Fleming.) I usually see one or more 

 of this species at Toronto during the spring and fall migrations- 

 while here they are very shy. On following one I usually find the 

 bird making a series of quiet disappearances. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 

 Not observed to breed near London, Ont., but Dr. P. J. Scott found 

 a nest near Southampton. I found this species, evidently breeding, 

 in the Bruce peninsula where it was rare. (FK. E. Saunders.) Sum- 

 mer resident in woodlands in Manitoba. Duck mountain, June i ith, 

 1884, shot a flycatcher that was continually uttering a note like 

 "che-blick"; it was all over of a greenish colour, but yellow on the 



