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Wood Pewee —(Coniopus virens). 
A dusky, olive-brown-backed, whitish-bellied bird, with the head, wings and 
tail blackish. The middle of the belly is yellowish, a ring around the eye, white, 
and the two wing bars whitish. This is a very dark, almost fuscous-backed 
bird 1 , while the yellowish-white under parts have some gray on the sides of 
throat and breast. 
Breeds in eastern United States, northward to Canada. Winters in eastern 
Mexico'and Guatemala. Abundant summer resident. 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher —(Empidonax flaviventris). 
A small, dark, olive-green-backed, yellow-bellied flycatcher, with the yellow 
breast, sides and throat washed with much olive-green. The wings and tail are 
blackish, and the two wing bars whitish. This has more sulphur-yellow on the 
lower parts than any other of our flycatchers. No other eastern species has 
yellow of any shade on the throat. 
Breeds in northern border of United States, northward. Winters in eastern 
Mexico to Panama. Bather rare migrant in New Jersey. 
Green-crested Flycatcher; Acadian Flycatcher—( Empi- 
donax virescens ). 
A slightly-crested, dull-greenish-olive flycatcher, with the lower parts yel- 
lowisli-white, and the distinct wing bars also yellowish-white. The breast 
has a slight tinge of green, the throat is white, and the wings and tryl are black¬ 
ish. The upper mandible is black, and the lower one flesli-colored. 
Breeds in eastern United States, northward to the upper limit of the Caro¬ 
linian zone. Winters in eastern Mexico. Common summer resident through¬ 
out southeastern and southern New Jersey. 
Traill's Flycatcher —(Empidonax traillii). 
A small, western, slightly-crested, olive-brown flycatcher, with ash-gray breast 
and sides, pale-yellow belly and two whitish wing bars. The wings and tail are 
blackish, the throat pure white and the under mandible flesh-color or whitish. 
It has more of a brownish shade than any other of our flycatchers. 
Breeds in northern border of eastern United States, northward. Winters in 
Mexico to northern South America. A rare transient visitant. 
Least Flycatcher —(Empidonax minimus). 
A very small, common, olive-backed, whitish-bellied flycatcher, with grayish 
breast and sides and whitish wing bars. The lower mandible is brown, and 
there is almost no yellow on the belly. This is the smallest of the flycatchers. 
Breeds in eastern North America from Alleghanian zone northward. Winters 
in Mexico 1 to Panama. A regular, though not abundant transient. 
