TYRANNID 2 E ; — TROCIIILID/E ; CYPSELID/E ; CAPRIMULGID.E . 
proportion of parts, owing to the relative smallness of the tarsi and 
toes. 
The female parent of the nest which was secured is also large for 
her sex and gives the following measurements, in like sequence to 
the above : — 
June 26, ’82, ? 5 . 1 5 2.47 2.20 .62 .32 .38— .31 
Empidonax Trailli (Aud ) Baird. Traill’s Flycatcher. 
Seemingly one of the characteristic birds ol the higher valleys, in- 
habiting growths of shrubbery and small trees, preferably in wet 
ground, and consequently not found on the mountains. Its character- 
istic notes were almost daily heard. The late Dr. Brewer has re- 
ferred to a nest found in the Catskills by Dr. Merrill,* one of the eggs 
of which was nearly unspotted. 
Empidonax minimus Baird. Least Flycatcher. 
Not uncommon. In the absence of suitable surroundings to the 
dwellers’ cottages in the valley, they repaired to the shrubbery along 
the roadsides and streams. 
FAMILY TROCH ILIDPE : HUMMING-BIRDS. 
Trocliilus colubris L. Ruby-throated Humming-bird. 
Not uncommon; frequently observed remote from cultivated land. 
FAMILY CYPSELID/E: SWIFTS. 
Cliaetura pelasgica (L.) Baird. Chimney Swift. 
Abundant through the valley; and even on the slope of Slide Moun- 
tain beyond an altitude of 3,000 feet, their rapid chatter continued 
above the tree tops. Mr. Burroughs alludes to a case of their nests 
being glued to the rafters within a barn,f but from the abundance of 
the birds in wild and uninhabited sections, it is evident that the 
majority must here follow their primitive method of nesting ; cer- 
tainly the luxury of housekeeping in a chimney must be unknown to 
them. 
FAMILY CAPRIMULGID/E: GOATSUCKERS. 
Capri mulgus yociferus Wils. Whip-poor-will. 
The Whip-poor-will was well known to residents, by whom its 
notes were closely imitated. It was said to be frequent at the 
* Proceedings U. S. National Museum, II, 4. 
f Pepacton, p. 26. 
