20 LOCAL BREEDING BIRDS 
44. (423.) Chimney Swift (Chetura pelagica). Local status: Abundant 
summer resident, frequenting the city in numbers. Szte: The inside of a chim- 
ney. The nest is attached to the side, generally about 1o 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. Szte: The limb of a tree, generally 10-25 
feet from the ground. Eggs: 2, white. Date: May 12. Group, Hall No. 308. 
46. (444.) Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). Local status: Common summer 
resident. Szte: 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 (\yiarchus crinitus). Local status: Com- 
mon summer resident. Szte: In a hollow tree, generally less than 20 feet from 
the ground. Eggs: 3-6, creamy white streaked longitudinally with chocolate. 
Date: June 3. 
48. (456.) Phoebe (Sayornis phehe). Local status: Common summer resi- 
dent. Site: A beam or rafter in an outbuilding or under a piazza or bridge, 
often under 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 ground. 
Eggs: 3-4, white, with a wreath of umber markings about the larger end. 
Date: June 5. 
50. (465.) Green-crested or Acadian 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. 303. 
51. (466.) Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax tratllii alnorum). 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. Szte: Generally in a crotch of a fruit or 
shade tree, ro—20 feet from the ground. Eggs: 3-5, white. Date: May at. 
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 ro—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 (Corvus americanus). Local status: Abundant 
permanent resident. Szte: 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 Hudson 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). Lecal status: Introduced into 
