Ill Eastern Pennsylvania, rare, curious nests of tne Aca- 
dian Flycatcher are often found. Such a one was discov- 
ered by the writer in June, 1883. It was placed upon the 
forked branch of a small red Oak. The dried blossoms of 
the Hickory, the sole materials of the ordinary structure 
in this latitude, were wanting .— The Museum. 
(A 
0.40. X. July. 1885. p. (/ /L ^ 
No* Eggs in Set. O.S.Brimley 
Acadian Fycafccher. Among the sets I took i 
^ this year was one full set of two, otherwise 
all were threes. 
O.SfO, XV I, Jan, 1891, p.0 
No» Eggs ia Set- C.S.Briiaiey 
*A?adian*Fly catcher. Standard set, three. 
Variation, none. 
^40. 15. Oct, 1890. P.140 
The Nest and Eggs of the Acadian 
Flycatcher. 
BY E. J. DUBAND, CANANDAIGUA, N. Y. 
The Acadian Flycatcher, (Empidonax acadicus). 
was, previous to the spring of 1885, un- 
known to me. On May 3d, 1885, 1 noticed a pair 
of these birds in our orchard, busily gleaning 
among the branches. On May 28th I found that 
they commenced to build a nest on a hori- 
zontal branch of an apple tree, ten feet from 
the ground. In about six days it was finished, 
and the female had laid one egg ; but the next day 
I happened to go under the tree and was very 
much disappointed to find that a Cowbird in the 
effort to deposit her egg in the nest had turned out 
the Flycatcher’s and her own, and both eggs lay 
broken on the ground. Two weeks later, I found 
a nest of the Acadian Flycatcher in an orchard 
about four miles from our house, which contained 
three eggs, slightly incubated, measuring ,75x.50, 
.75x.55, .76x.5G. The eggs when found were of a 
creamy white color, but soon changed to pure 
white. The markings vary but little on the 
different eggs, there being hut few fine points of 
very dark brown scattered about the egg. The 
first nest found was outwardly composed of strips 
of the inner bark of some tree, dried grass, 
rootlets and some threads. The lining of fine 
dried grass, was neatly arranged. The nest was 
a very thin loose structure and was fastened to the 
fork of the branch with cobw T ebs. The second 
nest differed from the first by being more com- 
pact and by having a large amount of wool en- 
tering into its composition ; it measured as follows: 
Diameter, three and one half inches ; height, three 
inches ; depth of cavity, one and one-half inches; 
diameter, two and one-quarter inches. Both 
nests were placed on a horizontal limb, and both 
were about ten feet from the ground. The birds 
were very bold. Flying within a few feet of one’s 
head they uttered a sharp, shrill note, and then 
alight on a neighboring branch. They left for 
the south 
