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rapid twitehing of the tail. A more peculiar note is a under pee-e- yz't/r. The bird seems to articulate this note with dili'leuty, with bill pointed upward and wings trembling like a Iledgling beggng for food.

Sometimes you may hear only the first call. sometines only the second, while on other occasions the two may be uttered alternately. A rarer note may be heard when the bird makes a sho't, fluttering flight. It resembles the soft inurmuring ot' whistling win;s.

4863.. Empidonax traillii LII/(1.). Timlliifs FL\'C.\1’)HER. 441].“ Upper parts between olive-green and olive 0r u/ire—IH-ouw ,' wings and tail t'useous; greater and lesser wing—eoverts tipped with brownish ashy; under parts whitish, washed with dusky grayish on the breast and sdes and pale yellowish on the belly; throat pure white; upper mandible black, lower mandible whitish or tlesh—eolor. [nursimilaig btit wing—bar: oehraceous— butt and under parts slightly yellower. L.. 6‘09; \\'., 2'67; T.. 5'33; B. from N, '35.

ll’Cl/lCl/‘l‘o’.#’lllll$ is the browned of our small Flyeatehers. The upper parts have an evident tinge, of brown or olive—brown. a color eitirely want— ing in the Aeadian and Yello\\'—belliml Flyeztteliers. ln this resieet it resem- bles the much smaller Least Flycatcher.

Ituugugxorth Ameriea; breeds from Arizona. Missouri. souu‘iern Illinois. northern New England. and easually t‘onneetieut, north to Kev Brunswick and Alaska; winters in Central America.

Washington. irregularly eonuuon T. V.. May ‘10 to May 29; Aug. 15 to Sept. ‘25. Sing Sing. rare 'l‘. \'.. May 19 to May :51; Aug. 29. (.‘ambridge. rare T. V.. May 25 to May 31 1 Aug.

A7631. of eoarse grasses. plant down, and plant fibers. lined witl fine grasses. in the crotch ot' a small bush or sapling near the ground. dais, three to four, creamy white. with einnamon-brmvn markings about tilt larger end, '73 x '54.

“rhile the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is distinctively a >ird (t. the deep woods, this more abundant Flycatcher in its sumnet‘ home re- sorts to the alder patches of the open country and is seldon found far from their protecting shade. It flits restlessly about. keepng well out of sight below the waving tops of the bushes. and its prisenee is be- trayed only by a. single in?) of alarm that in no way reembles the mournful wail of the species just mentioned. It. too. is ~ilent when migrating. and on its breeding grounds sings but little, so that if it did not take pains to call out to every one who passes it wmld not be noticed among the, rustling alders. The song most resenoles that. of the Aendiau Flycatcher, an Mali/751747;). with stress on he rowing 217/7. the latter part more musieal. 'l‘he performer jerks olt the notes rapidly. doublingr himself up and fairly vibrating with tie explosive etfort. J. DNGIIT, JR.

Nora—In The Auk for April. 1895. Mr. William Brewster showsumc the spe- cific name pusillus (Swains.). hitherto applied to the western forn of this fly-