Nesting of Olive-sided Flycatcher. 
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June 25. To woods all day 
out to look for Olive-sided Flycatcher's 
nest, as I had located a pair of the birds 
on the 8th. After I got on the ground 
I started 
as* a m. 
I started in, and in just three hours I had * V 1 
the nest. (I always Hmo 1 ^°A’ “fe. 
s time myself to see liow, , 
long it takes.) It took me a long timei^ ‘ ° ^ 
to get at the $ and a longer time to locate 
the nest, for the simple reason that I was 
looking for it way up on the big high 
spiuces where I had found them last 
yeat, whereas this particular nest was up 
about 15 feet, out on the limb of a small 
black spruce situated in a swamp. I 
passed the nest oiSigfoing up the tree, and 
saw it on the way down. The nest is the 
finest I have ever taken, being a fine large 
one, well and compactly built, and is very 
deep, and is composed of limbs of black 
spruce and fir, and completely lined with 
long gray moss that hangs from the dead 
limbs. It held three beautiful eggs of a 
creamy white, spotted at larger end with 
a ring of chestnut, red and brown spots. 
The old birds kept flying about me while 
I was taking the nest, but I did not dis- 
tmb them, and trust that they mav build 
and lear their young in peace. 
June 27. Off to the woods this morn- 
ing ; was after another pair of the Qlive- 
s ided Flycatcher s that I had noticed about 
last week, but they had moved away, and 
were not to be found. I went over a good 
many miles of ground in search of others, 
but saw none. This species are rare and 
thei r nests hard to find in this vicinity. 
J uJ y 7. Out 
b f S - Ti ^ was found building on ,Sth 
£ my -friend Morse, of Sudbury, Mass 
and was examined by him on 25^ before 
Solh IS qT h ° me ’ but held no e g-°-s 
were badly incubated I concluded the^set 
I was complete. Set 
444. Olive-sided Flycatcher. By C. O. Tracy. Ibid., pp. 189, 190.— ~ 
Description of nest and eggs found at Taftsville, Vt. fT; ^ -Ji l 
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