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Range (Eastern United States breeds) (II)

Eastern United States; breeds from Florida to southern Connecticut and Manitoba; winters in Central America. Washington, common S. R., May 5 to Sept. 15. Sing Sing, common S. R., May 10 to Aug. 27.

Nest, shallow, of plant stems, grasses, and blossoms, generally on a fork of a beech about eight feet up. Eggs, two to three, creamy white, with a few cinnamon-brown spots about the larger end, 74 x 56.

Look for the Acadian Flycatcher in woodlands watered by small streams. It selects a low rather than a high perch, and is rarely seen more than twenty feet from the ground. The frequently uttered calis of this bird are characteristic and will enable you to identify it with more ease in the field than in the study. The most common is a single spee or peet, repeated at short intervals and accompanied by a * Equivalent to Empidonax acadicus of authors; see Brewster, Auk, xii, April, 1895.

FLYCATCHERS. rapid twitching of the tail. A more peculiar note is a louder pee-eyúk. The bird seems to articulate this note with difficulty, with bill pointed upward and wings trembling like a fledgling begging for food. Sometimes you may hear only the first call, sometimes only the second, while on other occasions the two may be uttered alternately. A rarer note may be heard when the bird makes a short, fluttering flight. It resembles the soft murmuring of whistling wings. 466a. Empidonax traillii (Aud.). TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER. Ad.- Upper parts between olive-green and olive or olive-brown; wings and tail fuscous; greater and lesser wing-coverts tipped with brownish ashy; under parts whitish, washed with dusky grayish on the breast and sides and pale yellowish on the belly; throat pure white; upper mandible black, lower mandible whitish or flesh-color. Im. - Similar, but wing-bars ochraceousbuff and under parts slightly yellower. L., 6.09; W., 2-87; T., 2.33; B. from N., 35.