20 LOCAL BREEDING BIRDS 



44. (423.) Chimney Swift {Chceiura pelagica). Local status: Abundant 

 summer resident, frequenting the city in numbers. Site: The inside of a chim- 

 ney. The nest is attached to the side, generally about 10 feet from the top. 

 Eggs: 4-6, white. Date: May 25. Group. Hall No. 208. 



45. (428.) Ruby-throated Hummingbird {Trochilus colubris). Local 

 status: Common summer resident. Site: The limb of a tree, generally 10-25 

 feet from the ground. Eggs: 2, white. Date: May 12. Group, Hall No. 308. 



46. (444.) Kinghird (Tyrannus tyraftnus) . Local status: Common summer 

 resident. Site: Usually orchards or shade trees, near the end of a branch, 

 15-25 feet from the ground. Eggs: 3-5, white, spotted with umber. Date: 

 May 29. Group. Hall No. 308. 



47. (452.) Crested Flycatcher {Myiarchus crinitus). Local status: Com- 

 mon summer resident. Site: In a hollow tree, generally less than 20 feet from 

 the grovmd. Eggs: 3—6, creamy white streaked longitudinally with chocolate. 

 Date: June 3. 



48. (456.) Vhcsbt {Sayornis phaehe) . Local status: Common summer resi- 

 dent. Site: A beam or rafter in an outbuilding or under a piazza or bridge, 

 often imder a bank or shelving rock. Eggs: 4-6, white. Date: April 28. 



49. (461.) Wood Pewee {Contopus virens). Local status: Common sum- 

 mer resident. Site: Generally saddled on a limb 20-30 feet from the grovmd. 

 Eggs: 3-4, white, w^ith a wreath of umber markings about the larger end. 

 Date: June 5. 



50. (465.) Green-crested or Acadiaxi Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens). 

 Local status: Common summer resident in the Hudson Valley as far north as 

 Ossining; apparently rare elsewhere. Site: The lower limbs of a tree, often 

 of a beech, about eight feet from the ground. Eggs: 3-4, white, with a few 

 cinnamon spots. Date: May 14 Group, Hall No. 308. 



51. (466.) Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax iraillii alnoriim) Local status: 

 Not common migrant, rare and local summer resident, has been found nesting 

 only at Nyack, N. Y., and Plainfield, N. J. (Miller). Eggs: 3-4, creamy white, 

 with cinnamon-brown markings about the larger end. Date: June 16. 



52. (467.) Least Flycatcher; Chebec (Empidonax minimus). Local 

 status: Common summer resident. Stte: Generally in a crotch of a fruit or 

 shade tree, 10—20 feet from the ground. Eggs: 3-5, white. Date: May 21. 



53. (477.) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). Local status: Permanent resi- 

 dent, abundant in fall, common in winter, less numerous in summer. Site: 

 Usually in crotch of a tree 10-20 feet from the ground. Eggs: 4-6, pale olive- 

 green, rather thickly marked with varying shades of cinnamon-brown. Date: 

 May 14. 



54. (488.) American Crow (CoriiM5 am^r*canM5) . Local status: Abundant 

 permanent resident. Site: In trees in woods, 20 to 50 feet from the ground. 

 Eggs: 4-6, generally bluish green, thickly marked with shades of brown, but 

 sometimes light blue or even white with almost no markings. Date: April 9. 



55. (490.) Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus). Local status: Common sum- 

 mer resident of Hiidson Valley as far north as Ossining. less so on Long Island; 

 in winter restricted to the coast. Site: In trees in woods, generally 20-50 feet 

 from the ground. Eggs: 4-5, similar in color to those of preceding species, but 

 smaller. Date: May 17. 



56. (493.) Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Local status: Introduced into- 



