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SUMMER BIRDS. 
FAMILY TYRANNIDYE : AMERICAN FLYCATCHERS- 
The Great Crested flycatcher ( My iar chits crinitus Cab.) which was 
not encountered, being a regular inhabitant of the lower country may be 
an occasional visitor to the mountains. 
Tyraimus Carolinensis (L.) Baird. King-bird. 
Uncommon far from the main valley, and not noticed distant from 
human settlement. 
Sayiomis fusca (Gm.) Baird. Phoebe-bird. 
Not uncommon. Two nests, jus-t completed, were found May 31, 
1871 (P. C B.) Mr. Burroughs says* ‘ nearly every high projecting 
rock in my range has one of these nests, following a trout stream up a 
wild mountain gorge ... I counted five in the distance of a mile, 
all within easy reach.” 
Contopus borealis (Sw.) Baird. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 
This species was found through the upper section of the Big Indian 
Valley, and while exploring this region its notes were frequently 
heard. Not uncommon along Biscuit Brook, a tributary of the Dela- 
ware River — P. C. B. 
Tall charred stubs rising from the low growth of burned-over tracts, 
and dead branches projecting from topmost foliage along streams or 
in openings in the woods are favorite lookout stations of this bird. 
In one place where the woods had been cleared for a “charcoal job ” 
and the charcoal burners were busy below, one of these birds rvas 
in full note overhead in the tall maples and beeches which had been 
left standing here and there through the clearing. 
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Contopus virens (L.) Cab. Wood Pewee. 
More common near the main valley than elsewhere, and seem- 
ingly not extending far into the mountain woods. 
Empidonax flaviventris Baird. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 
This little flycatcher was found inhabiting with the Canada Nut- 
hatch the extreme summit and immediate slope of Slide Mountain. 
On the ascent, it was first' met with at an altitude of not more than 
3,5oo feet, but not far above became common, haunting, the growths 
of thickly clustered balsams which clothed the clamp mossy slopes. 
Though it was evidently in full voice nothing was heard of the “ sweet 
song” which has been attributed to the species. Its notes were low 
and subdued, with a suggestion of melancholy, which, however, may 
have been induced by the loneliness and often silence of the situation. 
*Wake Robin, p. 130. 
