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VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
Olive-sided Flycatcher. Contopus horealis^ Bd. 
Not veiy common, but is a conspicuous bird by always perch- 
ing the end of a dead limb or some exposed situation. Nests 
high, shallow and not very nicely built, of convenient material. 
Wood Pewee. Contopus virens^ Cab. 
A forest bird, quite plenty, but not much noticed. 
Acadian Flycatcher. Empidonax acadicus^ Bd. 
Rarely seen in Vermont. 
Traill's Flycatcher. Kmpidonax trailli^ Bd. 
Rather rare in Vermont, yet has been taken at Bennington and 
Bethel, and in Connecticut River Valley. 
Least Flycatcher. Empidonax, minimus^ Bd. 
Most abundant of all flycatchers. Nests ten or twelve feet 
from ground ; sometimes more or less. Nest placed in upright 
crotch, and built of fibrous inner bark and lined with vegetable 
down — a ver}' prett}' structure. 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Empidonax Jiaviveiitris^ Bd. 
Breeds rareh' in northern Vermont ; usuall}' further north. 
Rare. 
FAMILY CAPRIMULGIDiE.— WnippooRwiLLS and Nighthawks. 
Whippoorwill. Antrostomiis cocifenis^ Bp. 
Common summer resident. Nocturnal habits, and much oftener 
heard than seen. Nests usually on the. ground in just a little 
hollow made by pushing the leaves, &c., out of the way. Lays 
but two eggs. 
Night-hawk or Bull-bat. Chordediles popetue^ Bd. 
Very common. Feeds in dusk of evennig, and is peculiar in 
its movements. Its habits well known. 
FAMILY CYPSELID^.— Swifts. 
Chimney Swift. Chmtura pelasgica, Steph. 
A common bird, often called swallows. Used to build in hollow 
trees, but, since the country wiis settled, in chimneys. They not 
only nest there, but often live there in hundreds. 
FAMILY TROCHILID^.— Humming Birds. 
Ruby-throated Humming Bird. Trochihis coluhris. 
This beautiful little brilliant bird builds its nest with vegetable 
down, and sticks it all over outside with lichens off the tree it 
builds on, so it looks like an old knot. The imitation is so per- 
fect that it is not often found. Those I have seen were in apple 
trees. 
