38 FLYCATCHERS 



but with a quite different call which suggests the words 

 pittrri-pittrri. It nests in May, laying four salmon- 

 colored eggs, marked with dark brown and lilac. 



>, CRESTED FLYCATCHER 

 Myiarchus crinilus. Case 7, Fig. 5 



The reddish brown tail-feathers may sometimes be seen and 

 the crest is usually evident. L. 9. 



Range. Eastern North America; nests from Florida to Canada; 

 winters in the tropics, reaching Florida on its northward journey 

 in March. 



Washington, very common S. R., Apl. 20-Sept. 29. Ossining, 

 common S. R., May 7-Sept. 12. Cambridge, rare S. R., May 15- 

 Sept. 11. N. Ohio, common S. R., Apl. 25-Sept. 15. Glen 

 Ellyn, not common S. R. t May i-Sept. 18. SE. Minn., common 

 S. R., Apl. 25. 



A character of the woods distinguished alike by appear- 

 ance, voice and habits. His crested head seems too big 

 for his body; his exclamatory whistle, which sounds like 

 a shout above a monotone of conversation, his habit of 

 always lining his nest with a cast-off snake skin, all mark 

 him as an odd genius. Even his wife's eggs, with their 

 long chocolate streaks, are quite unlike any other birds' 

 eggs. They are laid in a hole in a tree in May or June. 



)f' PHCEBE 

 Sayornis phcebe. Case 4, Fig. 52; Case 5, Fig. 15 



Head slightly crested, somewhat darker than body. In the 

 fall the underparts are tinged with yellow. L. 7. 



Range. Eastern North America; nests from northern Missis- 

 sippi and northwestern Georgia to Canada; winters from South 

 Carolina to Mexico. The only Flycatcher to winter in the 

 eastern United States and hence the first to reach us in the 

 spring. 



Washington, common S. R., Feb. 25-Oct.; occasionally winters. 

 Ossining, common S. R., Mch. 14-Oct. 29. Cambridge, common 

 T. V., and not uncommon S. R„ Mch. 25-Oct. 10. N. Ohio, 

 common S. R., Mch. 14-Oct. 15. Glen Ellyn, S. R., Mch. 13- 

 Oct. 6. SE. Minn., common S. R., Mch. 22-Oct. 11. 



