Birds observed in Naval Hospital 
Grounds, BrooJriyo. G.H, Ooues 
breads EmPid ° naX minimUS ' LKAST Flycatcheu. - Common : 
I 
BulL N, 0,0. 4, Jan. , 187©, p. 31 
Birds of the Adirondack Region 
C. H.Merxiam. 
97 - Empidonax minimus, Baird. I 
east Flycatcher.— Commc 
summer resident, generally breeding in hard timber. 
BULL N, Q.O, Q.Oct. 1881, P.231 
Arrivals of Mig’y Birds, Spring-1886 
Central Park, N. Y. City. A. G. Paine, Jr. 
May 11, Empidonax minimus, (467). Least Fly- 
catcher. 
O.&O. XI. Aug. 1886. p.125 
'pUKotCt*' tAs 
But the most 
amusing of all to me is a certain performance 
of the Least F lycatcher which I have noticed 
several times at “dead of night” as I did a 
few nights since. It was about 11 p.m. and 
I was walking up a shaded street on my way 
home. It was vei'y dark and not a sound was 
to be heard save my own footfalls. Suddenly 
from the top of a tree overhead came a quick, 
emphatic “che-beck.” The tone of it was 
such as to express a sudden awakening from 
profound sleep, — a tone which might easily 
be imagined to express, “Oh, dear! what 
made you wake me up?” I have heard this 
same utterance several times. It is the usual 
day-time note, with a tone of surprise and 
sleepiness added, which renders it very amus- 
ing. I think we ornithologists, as a rule, 
ought to tread lightly at night for there is no 
knowing whose slumbers we may disturb. 
Muui**, m y. ^ 
O.&O. XIV. At* . 1889 *./<££. -/<?/ 
Vc uo tu.s w-m ' aL, rA, l} ^ 
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Least Flycatcher. Not common. 
E. A. Sterling, Brooklyn, Pa. 
Auk, XIX, July, 1902, p.290. 
