534 BIRDS ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER 



A. O. U. No. 



No. in List. 



456. SAYORNIS PHCEBE. 140 



PHOEBE. 

 Common. Breeds. 



459. CONTOPUS BOREALIS. 141 



OLIVE-SIDED FIA CATCHER. 

 One taken at Orchard Park, N. Y., 1885 



461. CONTOPUS VIRENS. 142 



WOOD PEWEE. 

 Common. Breeds. 



463. EMPIDONAX FLAVIVENTRIS. 143 



YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 

 Rare. Breeds. 



465. EMPIDONAX VIVESCENS. 144 



GREEN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 

 Rare. Breeds. 



466a. EMPIDONAX TRAILLII. 145 



TRAILLS FLYCATCHER. 

 Rare. Breeds. 



467. EMPIDONAX MINIMUS. 146 



LEAST FLYCATCHER. 

 Common. Breeds. 



474b. OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS PRATICOLA. 147 



PRAIRIE HORNED LARK. 



Common. Resident. Breeds. Geo. E. Harris wrote 

 an exhaustive article on this bird, published in 

 Capt. Bendires splendid Book on Amer. Birds. 



477. CYANOCITTA CRISTATA. 148 



BLUE JAY. 

 Common. Resident. Breeds. 



488. CORVUS AMERICANUS. 149 



COMMON CROW. 

 Abundant. Resident. Breeds. 



494. DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS. 150 



BOBOLINK. 



Common. Breeds. Of all our natural songsters the 

 Bobolink is the most noted and popular. Descrip- 

 tions of his songs so frequently appear in litera- 



