Bmpidonax traillii alnorum. 
Bethel, Maine. 
1903 . (S 
June 4 r 1 
On reaching the intervale beyond ^Grover HillJ I found 
Alder Flycatchers in great numbers in the thickets bordering the 
sluggish meadow brook. I could hear them far and near in every 
direction. I noted the following calls:- Q,uee-quee or ciuee.-.queex 
both syllables strongly and about equally accented; _queea , an ab¬ 
breviation, apparently, of the call just noted; quer or crer, low, 
querulous, very like call of young bird; nip or quip , the commonest 
call note and common to both sexes; p 1 see or p'seer , closely re¬ 
sembling cry of young Kingbird. Nearly all these calls were varied 
from time to time and several ran into one another through inter¬ 
mediate gradations. 
