Empidonax flaviventris 
Another Nest of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher {Empido¬ 
nax flaviventris). — In view of the seeming inconsistencies in the nesting 
habits of E. flaviventris , the record of the finding of another nest may be 
of interest. The locality was the Richardson Lakes, Oxford Co., Me.; the 
date, June 18, 1879; and the discovery was very similar to that of the 
nest which I secured last year at Grand Menan, and which is described in 
Vol. Ill, No. 4, of this Bulletin. Mr. Pearsall and myself were collecting in 
a tract of low swampy woods bordering on a stream, when a Yellow-bellied 
Flycatcher flew up from under my feet. An instant’s search revealed the 
nest, when the parent bird was immediately shot. The nest was built in 
the side of a hummock of moss under the roots of a small tree, and was only 
about half covered over, the eggs being clearly visible from the outside. The 
construction, or rather the almost total lack of construction, was similar to 
that of the Grand Menan specimen, as were also the eggs, which were four 
in number and pretty well advanced in incubation. Does not this seem to 
argue something for uniformity in the breeding habits of this bird ? Here 
we have three nests, one taken by Messrs. Purdie and Deane, and two by 
Mr. Pearsall and myself. The locations are quite far apart, viz. Houlton, 
Me., Grand Menan, N. B., and Richardson Lakes, Me.; and yet the situation 
and make of the nests, as well as the color and markings of the eggs, agree 
perfectly. In both cases which I have recorded the identity was beyond 
all question, as I found both nests myself, and the birds were never lost 
sight of from the time they left the nests until they were in our possession. 
Ornithologists may draw what inferences they please from these facts, but 
to my mind they augur ill for the identity of those nests which have been 
found in bushes, built of stubble, etc., and containing pure white eggs. — 
S. D. Osborne, Brooklyn, N . Y. 
Bull. N.O.O. 4,Oct., 1879, p. JY0 -2 Yl 
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