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BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
No. 
Date. 
Locality. 
Food-Materials. 
1 
May 5 1880, . 
Chester county. Pa. 
Diptera and beetles. 
2 
June 9, 1880. 
New Castle county, Del. 
Two honey-bees. 
3 
June 9. 1880. 
New Castle county, Del. 
Stomach gorged .vith honey-bees. 
t 
June 13, 1880. 
New Castle county, Del. 
One honey-bee. 
5 
June 14, 1880. 
New Castle county, Del. 
Beetles and two honey-bees. 
ti 
May 21. 1884. 
Chester county, Pa. 
Beetles and other insects. 
7 
June 11, 1884,. 
Chester county, Pa. 
Diptera and raspberry seeds. 
8 
June 13. 1884,. 
New Castle, Del. 
Beetles and dipterous insects. 
9 
June 13, 1884. 
New Castle, Del. 
Beetles and larva?. 
10 
Aug. 10, 1881. 
Chester county, Pa. 
Seeds and berries. 
11 
July 5, 1885. 
Chester county, Pa. 
Various insects. 
12 
Aug. 11, 1885. 
Chester county, Pa. 
Colorado potato beetle and seeds. 
Genus MYIARCHUS Cabanis. 
Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). 
Crested Flycatcher. 
Description (Plate 91). 
“ Length about 85 inches ; extent about 13| inches ; head with a depressed crest; 
upper parts dull greenish-olive, with the feathers of the crown, and to some extent 
of the back, showing their brown centers ; upper tail-coverts turning to pale rustv- 
brown ; small feathers at the base of the bill, sides of the head as high as the upper 
eyelid, sides of the neck, throat, and fore part of the breast, bluish-asliy ; the rest of 
the lower parts, including axillaries and lower wing coverts, bright sulphur-yellow ; 
a pale ring around the eyes ; sides of the breast and body tinged with olivaceous ; the 
wings brown, the first and second rows of coverts, with the secondary and tertial 
quills, margined externally with dull-white, or on the latter slightly tinged with 
olivaceous-yellow ; primaries margined externally for more than half their length 
from the base with ferruginous ; great portion of the inner webs of all the quills very 
pale ferruginous ; the two middle tail feathers light brown, shafts paler, the rest 
have the outer web and a narrow line on the inner sides of the shaft brown, pale 
olivaceous on the outer edge, the remainder ferruginous to the very tip ; outer web 
of exterior feather dull brownish-yellow ; bill dark-brown above and at the tip below, 
paler towards the base.”— B. B. of N. A. 
Habitat. —Eastern United States and Southern Canada, west to the plains, south 
through eastern Mexico to Costa Rica. 
The Crested Flycatcher, although probably not as abundant as the 
preceding species, is a common summer resident in Pennsylvania. I 
have seen these birds in the southern portions of this State as early as 
the 23d of April, usually, however, they arrive about the first of May 
and remain until late in September, when they migrate southward and 
winter, it is stated, beyond the southern borders of the United States. 
Although this species sometimes nests in orchards and other places near 
houses, it is chiefly found in wooded districts. Unlike all other of our 
flycatchers, these birds build their nests in holes of trees, and occasion¬ 
ally in hollow fence rails or posts. I have examined thirteen nests of the 
Crested Flycatcher, which were found in Pennsylvania, and in ten of 
this number discovered the remains of cast off skins of snakes. The 
eggs, usually five, are of a creamy brown ground color with numerous 
dark brownish blotches or spots and lines, the latter generally of a purp- 
