BIRDS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY i6i 



Family TROCHILID.Ti. Hummingbirds. 



*Ruby-throated Hummingbird ( rrc>f/u7!(.j colubris). This, the only species 

 of Hummingbird found in eastern North America, is here a common summer 

 resident, arriving early in May and remaining until October. 



Fig. 13. RuBY-THRO..\TED Hummingbirds .\nd Nest. 



Order PASSERES. Perching Biiw.s. 



Family TYRANNID.E. Tyrant Flycatchers. 



♦Kingbird [Tyraninis tyrainius). A common summer resident, arriving 

 early in May and remaining until October. (See group, third floor). 



Arkansas Kingbird (Tyrannus vcrticalis) . A western species; the only 

 records for this vicinity are those of a young male taken at Riverdale, N. Y., 

 October 19, 1875, ( Bicknell, Bull, N. O. C, IV, 1879, p. 60), and a.^^specimen 

 taken at Princeton, N. J., Sept. 29, 1894 (Phillips, Proc. D. V. O. C, H, p: 14). 



*Great-crested Flycatcher {Myiarcliiis crinitus). A common summer 

 resident, arriving early in May and remaining until Septemljcr. 



*Phcebe {Sayornis phoche). A common summer resident arriving about 

 March 20 and leaving early in November. 



*01ive-sided Flycatcher (A^ji//a/or)n'.y borealis). A migrant passing north 

 in ^lay, when it is apparently rare, and returning between the latter part of 

 August and late September, when it is not uncommon. 



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