54 BIRDS OF ARKANSAS. 



Olive-sided Flycatcher. Nuttallornis borealis. 



The olive-sided is one of the northern-breeding flycatchers, found 

 in Arkansas only during migration. It passes north in May and south 

 in September. A specimen was taken by Mr. W. G. Savage at 

 Delight, September 12, 1910 — the only record for the State. 



Wood Pewee. Myiochanes virens. 



The wood pewee is perhaps the best known of our flycatchers, and 

 is generally distributed as a summer resident. Its favorite haunts 

 are open woodlands and orchards, and in such situations its pleasing 

 song may be heard throughout the heat of summer. 



The first migrants reach Helena about the middle of April (earliest 



date, April 12) and remain till October (latest, October 12). The 



species is recorded as breeding at Mammoth Spring, Wilmot, Delight, 



Kich Mountain, Pettigrew, Clinton, Camden, and other places. Like 



the other flycatchers, it chooses as food mainly insects, including 



beetles, crane flies, dragon flies, ants, grasshoppers, tent caterpillars, 



and moths. 



Y ellow-b ellied Flycatcher. Empidonax flaviventris . 



This is one of the smaller flycatchers and so quiet and inconspicuous 

 that it is rarely seen. It breeds in the northern States and Canada 

 and passes south in winter to Central America. It may be found in 

 Arkansas during May and again in September. Savage has taken 

 two specimens at Delight, September 3 and 16, 1910, and these are 

 the only records from the State. 



Acadian Flycatcher. Empidonax virescens. 



This retiring little bird is a lover of wooded ravines and bottom- 

 land timber, occurring commonly as a summer resident. The first 

 arrivals in spring reach Helena about April 23 (earliest record, 

 April 20), and the last seen at Delight were noted September 12. 

 The species is reported as nesting at Clinton and Helena, and I found 

 it at nearly every locality visited, including Mammoth Spring, Cotter, 

 Pettigrew, Chester, Kich Mountain, and Wilmot. At the latter place 

 I found a nest, June 26, in a cypress tree growing in the edge of the 

 lake near town; the parent birds were feeding } r oung in the nest. 

 This flycatcher feeds upon various insects, such as beetles, flies, and 

 wasps, and occasionally eats wild berries. 



Traill Flycatcher. Empidonax trailli. 



This species is rather rare and of local distribution in Arkansas. 

 It is an inhabitant of the prairies and open valleys, but is not found 

 in heavy timber. On the Grand Prairie at Stuttgart I found it 

 fairly common, living in orchards, dooryards, and about small clumps 

 of trees on the prairie. 1 A specimen was taken there May 13 and 



1 This is the type region of trailli, Audubon having described the species in 1828 from a pair of birds 

 which he collected on the "prairie lands of the Arkansas River." 



