LEAST FLYCATCHER. 423 
the lining is commonly of fine root-fibres, slender tops of bent 
grass, and at times a few hairs and feathers. Occasionally the 
principal external material consists of strips or strings of silk- 
weed lint and the bark of the common virgin’s bower. The 
nest is extremely neat and uniform, resembling a complete 
hemisphere. As nests may be found late in July, it is 
probable they have a second brood in the course of the 
season. ‘They are extremely attached to their offspring, and 
keep up an incessant, almost choking shedh tshedh when 
any person approaches the tree where they have their 
brood. The young and old now move about in company, 
and at this time feed on various kinds of berries, partic- 
ularly those of the cornel and whortleberry. At length the 
young are seen to select each other’s society, and rove about 
without any fixed resort, previous to their gradual departure. 
A pair, probably of the same brood, still lingered here in Sep- 
tember, and like the little Parrots called Inseparable, appeared 
fondly to cherish each other’s company. It was toward even- 
ing when I saw them, and at first they appeared inclined to 
roost in the shady willow-tree in which they had alighted. They 
nestled close to each other with looks and notes of tenderness 
and affection ; wherever one went, the other instantly followed, 
and the same branch contained the same contented pair. 
Nuttall followed Wilson in the mistake of supposing this species 
and acadicus to be identical, and in his account has mingled the 
biographies of the two. The latter is more southern in its distri- 
bution. “Chebec” is a common summer resident from southern 
New England to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and westward to the 
prairies. It winters south to Panama: 
