Some Birds of L«-wis Co, N. Y, 
C.Hart M«rriatu 
, C me/ rzty t*>i 
Contopus borealis, ^ ^- 1 *— «/ 
Bull. N.O.C. 3, April, 1878. p. 53 
Contopus borealis. —In September, 1877, I shot an Olive-sided 
Flycatcher in my yard at Fort Hamilton. It is the only record of this 
species for Long Island. ^ f /3-E*i** , 5^ , ?-3 . 
Bull N.0.0. 5, Jan,, 1880, p. ^ . 
o* 
2. Contopus borealis, Be?. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — I shota 
male at Flushing, L. I., on May 24, 1872. 
/&rtr-£sisf ^mo OX-wC^- - 
Bull, N.O.C. 5, April, 1880, p, til 
Birda of the Adirondack Region. 
O.H.Merriajxt. 
93. Contopus borealis (Sivainson) Baird. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 
-Common summer resident, breeding about the middle of June. 
Bull, N.O.C. e.Oct, 1881 , P .231 
Bird Notes from Long Island, N.Y. 
William Butcher. 
to. Contopus borealis. Olive-sided ' Flycatcher n • 
ntght of August i 9 , 188S; an individua! of this sjec "esstrudT JiTT, h 
Light and was sent to me by Mr John C m- n v 16 anc 
with forty-two other birds o var ous k nd ' JT ’ ** ^ Keepei ’ 
with rain and fog. This make he th H W6St > ***“ 
Long is, and, the°prior re”^^ ~ ^ 
and Mr. DeL. Berier f • y ^ ' 1 - Lawrence* 
has seen this F ly catcher on Long Island hut has neve^l™ ^ 
* Forest and Stream, Vol. X, p. 235. 
t Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol’. V, p. 46. The specimen recorded by Mr N T I 
rencem 'Forest and Stream' was subsequently recorded bv Mr l u \ 
jn Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. V, p. 116. 7 by M Robert Lawrence 
Auk. fl. April, 1889. p. /ij. 
Butcher, Rare Long Island Birds. 
Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — There is but one 
specimen of this species in the collection ; it was presented by Mr. John 
D. Hicks, who procured it 3 number of years since near his home in Old 
Westbury, Queens Co. He informs me that it is the only one he recol- 
lects ever having seen. 
Auk X. July, 1893 p 276. 
