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Olive-sided Flycatcher
Adult--Upper parts olive brown; under parts, throat, belly, a line down the middle of the breast, and the flanks white, more or less tinged with lemon yellow; rest of under parts olive brown. Length--7.40.
Breeding Range--From Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and Massachusetts northward.
The nest is of twigs, thin strips of bark, weed stalk, and lined with grass and moss. It is rather shallow, and is placed usually on a branch of an evergreen tree at some distance from the trunk, at a considerable height from the ground. The eggs, numbering from 3 to 4, and rarely 5, are creamy white, spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with reddish brown and dull lilac. Size--.82 x .62.
The breeding season commences late in May or early in June, according to locality.