Bmp idonax traillii alnorum . 
Rnpidonax trailli. 
Maine 'Lake Unhagog), 
1872 . 
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14 . 
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oar M. . !;n of 'p ton '’ill •> found these .'’lycatch¬ 
ers abunda- , One locality, c <a ■.r-in Mg about three 
acres of aider flic ots friar ad abort the algos • ,* i : • • 
scattered p op 1 nr s , 1 i t q r a 11 y svrar ri%h them, and af¬ 
ter twenty had imn.. shot, there their numbers wore not 
f.vpproci;v ly r: i? in risked. Alt hour h at thi; hoy 
here o.rid'>n.tly art Med for the season, they nadaVot 
apparently, bo gun to breed, but last year’s post were 
I'll ab a*a arc very quarrel— 
some, fighting fiercely with oachothor , and driving all 
oth er birds Iron M Mr retreats. They keep lev deary in 
the bir hes, froprr My eere Vine not more ’Man six inches 
above the ground. They appear-d to cate' flying insects 
less oft a than do other Tree id on aces. They are Very 
"■ 'v "' tally n 11 os. a - d a >pin hear 
the ground and Just out, of range, Often one will s tart 
as if t fly only a f yards but really -o the whole 
length of the thicket. This trick was a-ev repeatedw* 
ly. They also have a habit of alighting with their 
backs tow .rds the ••ursuor; sine out o '' ten were shot in 
the back. Their notes ' numerous and n’y red Mr out 
incesunr. tly. That co-ra to *,e M o sof the male is 
a ■ • - a— y,_. yy ' eaee—^ f oech Quco— 
...m. t ■■ 1 ry cig . ex is is petulenl 
...La ipeat od ; ■ a: 1 ; it is in quick suc< m M>n, 
angry, quorulous MM 
f. Mi 
, especially 
7 **r J 
They also utter a., ... 
. • treats •© use 
the ii red i is i ffigh sorhoed Innkh i . ocmmi silsjjtL 
althou a; the repor6 of a gun does not u,• • *■ to alarm then, 
The stales suing indifferently from Me donahs cW ‘he 
thicket or ‘ror the ton'; of higher aid->rsl 
they sometimes p u*ch on the brand at c- ' tr ees over had 
they r .roly sir ; saW; situatiom . 
On June © wo found Traill’s Flyer, tch ?rs numerous 
Although 
in the willow thickets along ; f.e uM?s 
A fe ale ran : eet bt nil dim- there. 
O' 
! ’’oad 
Nest /s, (1839), June 2?, 1873, Upton, coll. 
Wm.Brewster. Female started off nest & shot. In up¬ 
right fork of water willow 12 in.up. Bushy thicket 
sloping down to the lake shore, 
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