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is black, and the lower one flesli-colored. It is an inhabitant 

 of wet woodlands, and is usually to be found on the lower 

 branches. Its notes 

 are very distinct from 

 those of other fly- 

 catchers, but difficult 

 to express in words. 

 (Acadian Flycatcher.) 



Length, Of; wing, 2| 



(2|-3J); tail, '2 J; tarsus, 



f; culmen, I. Eastern 



United States ; breeding 



from Florida north to „ ^ a -ni ^ , 



., -.- ^ , , Green-crested Flyoatoher 



southern New England 



and southern Michigan, and wintering south to Central America. 



14. Traill's Flycatcher (466. Empidbnax trMUi). — A. small, 

 western, slightly crested, olive-brown flycatcher, with ash-gray 

 breast and sides, pale yellow belly, and two whitish wing 

 bars. The wings and tail are blackish, the throat pure white, 

 and the under mandible flesh color or whitish. It has more 

 of a brownish shade than any other of our flycatchers. It is 

 a silent, restless, retiring bird, frequenting bushy tracts instead 

 of forests. 



Length, 6 ; wing, 2| (2]-.3) ; tail, 2\ ; tarsus, I ; culmen, |. A¥estern 

 North America from Ohio westward to the Pacific ; breeding from the 

 northern border of the United States northward, and wintering in Mexico 

 to northern South America. The Alder Flycatcher (466". E. t. alnorum) 

 of eastern North America is a variety with less of brown in the 

 plumage ; breeding range from the mountain region of New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania northward, and wintering south to Central America (west 

 to Michigan). 



15. Least Flycatcher (467. Empidbnax minimus). — A very 

 small, common, olive-backed, whitish-bellied flycatcher, with 

 grayish breast and sides, and whitish wing bars. The lower 

 mandible is brown, and there is almost no yellow on the 

 belly. This is the smallest of the flycatchers. The second 

 common name it has is derived from an attempt to write 

 the sound of its notes. It lives generally in our orchards 



