Say’s Flycatcher, ( Sayornis sayi.) This 
bird is not much seen except by those in- 
terested in bird life. It is a rather solitary 
species, generally seen about old walls, 
fields and fences. In all my observations 
I have never seen one frequenting wood- 
land. Say’s Flycatcher is one of our early 
arrivals in the spring, appearing about the 
10th of April. It, has a very mournful 
note, which it utters at intervals through- 
out the day. I have seen them eject pol- 
in' lets from their throats in the same man- 
ner as do the owls. I have never found it 
breeding before the past season, when a 
single nest was found on a beam of an old 
rebuilding near the city. I had seen a bird 
^ un the vicinity a few days before and mis- 
trusted that there was a nest near the 
place. On the 17th of June, I sallied forth 
and after about an hour’s watching dis- 
covered the nest in the place mentioned. 
The nest was flattened on one side where 
it came in contact with the side of the 
building, otherwise it was in the shape of 
a sugar-loaf, with a cavity in the top for 
the eggs. The body of the nest was com- 
posed of grass-roots, thread and bits of 
hemp, the inside of cotton-wood feathers, 
the outside skin of grasses and a few 
horse hairs. Outside measurements — long 
diam. 7 ins., short diam. 4 ins., height 2-J 
ins. Inside measurements — diam. ins., 
depth If ins. 
The eggs were five in number, pure 
white. Incubation f. Both birds took 
part in incubation. — H. G. Smith, Jr., 
.Denver, Col<gatffo t IX. Oct. 1884. p./ if 
Field Notes on Some Birds of 
Colorado. 
BY CHARLES F. MORRISON, FORT LEWIS, COL. 
Say’s Pewee ( Sayornis sayi). Said to be com- 
mon but I have seen but few specimens ; do not 
believe it common here; it is more a prairie 
bird, found it common in western Nebraska, 
near Sidney; breeding abundantly in the 
ravines which cut through the prairie. The 
nest was always placed on the side of a snug 
cliff or on top of a small projection, much like 
Sayornis fuscus , but perhaps more lightly put j 
together. Egg similar but larger ; a set of j 
these before me measure .81 x . 64 ; ,86x.64; .791 
x .63 ; more inclined to a cream tint than/»sc«s, I 
which disappears if left exposed to the light for I 
any length of time. I am told that it nests up- 
on beams in old barns, which would not be sur- 
prising ; a fact hat: brings it much fuscus in its 
general habits. Said to arrive in Colorado early 
in April. 
O.&O. XII. Mar. 1887, 
Mr. Bryant also relates the finding of a nest 
of Say’s Pewee. ( Sayornis sayi ) built in a de- 
serted Bank Swallow’s burrow, 
O.& O. XII. Sept. 188? p. 145 
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