1922] Swarth: Birds and Mammals of the Stikine Region 227 



week in May, usually sitting high up in the leafless poplars and con- 

 spicuous from their frequently reiterated, sharp che-hec. Like the 

 other small flycatchers of the region, they were extremely shy, but, 

 through peculiarities of habit and habitat, Hammond flycatchers were 

 more easily collected than some of the other species. The olive-sided 

 flycatcher and wood pewee, perched upon isolated lookout points, could 

 not be approached unawares. The alder flycatcher was in tangled 

 thickets not to be penetrated save with much labor and with the ac- 

 companiment of threshing branches and broken boughs. The Ham- 

 mond flycatcher was mostly in woods that could be traversed with fair 

 ease, but which yet afforded some cover to the hunter. 



The species was quite abundant at Telegraph Creek and at Glenora, 

 and in lesser numbers at Doch-da-on Creek. Several were seen at 

 Flood Glacier, though whether the species breeds at that point we had 

 no means of telling. One was collected at Great Glacier, August 10. 



A female shot near Telegraph Creek, May 27, was incubating a set 

 of eggs. One collected June 1 had laid part of its set. An adult male 

 taken at Glenora, June 30, shows the beginning of the molt. An 

 adult female from Flood Glacier, July 27, had renewed a large part of 

 its plumage. Two specimens in juvenal plumage were taken at Flood 

 Glacier, August 3 and 6. A young bird from Great Glacier, August 

 10, shows the beginning of the molt into the first winter plumage. 



It is strange that the Hammond flycatcher has not yet been found 

 on the coast of southeastern Alaska south of Skagway. It is abundant 

 in the interior and approaches the coast quite nearly at some points. 

 It is also abundant in the coastal region farther south, as on Vancouver 

 Island. Consequently it is hard to understand the cause of its exclu- 

 sion from the southern Alaskan coast. 



We collected ten specimens (nos. 39822-39831), seven adults and 

 three juvenals. 



Empidonax wrighti Baird. Wright Flycatcher 

 Three specimens taken near Telegraph Creek. This species was 

 not to be distinguished from E. hammondi in life ; in faict it was not 

 until our return from the field, when the entire collection was brought 

 together, that both species were found to be included in the series of 

 small flycatchers collected. Consequently if there is any difference in 

 local habitat between the two we failed to distinguish it. The three 

 birds taken were obtained at points where examples of hammondi 

 were also collected. 



