. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . having the coloring of the upper parts richer and more olivaceous, the wing-bands yellowerand hence more conspicuous, the bill decidedly smaller and the legsrather shorter (AukXII, 1895, 161). 186. Least Flycatcher. Empidonax minimus (Baird). (467) Synonyms: Chebcc, Sewick.—Tyrannula minima, Baird, ^Empidonax minimus,Baird, 1858.—Muscicapa acadica,
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . having the coloring of the upper parts richer and more olivaceous, the wing-bands yellowerand hence more conspicuous, the bill decidedly smaller and the legsrather shorter (AukXII, 1895, 161). 186. Least Flycatcher. Empidonax minimus (Baird). (467) Synonyms: Chebcc, Sewick.—Tyrannula minima, Baird, ^Empidonax minimus,Baird, 1858.—Muscicapa acadica, Nutt. Figure 95. So similar to the three preceding species as to be separated with difficulty,but the Least Flycatcher is smaller than any of the others and the wing barsare nearly pure white. Its note, well expressed by the common nameChebec, with strong accent on the last syllable, is distinctive; it is alsothe only one of our flycatchers which lays unspotted eggs, the color beingcreamy white. Distribution.—Chiefly eastern North America, west to eastern Coloradoand central Montana, south in winter to Central America. Breeds fromthe northern states northward. In Michigan the Least Flycatcher seems to be universally distributed,. 406 MICIIKJAN 15IIII) LIFE. but nowhere very abundant. It is an inhabitant of the open woods orchards and groves, and is not infrequently found in city parks and gardens. It is one of the later migrants in spring, rarely reaching us before the first of May, although Trombley recorded it at Petersburg on April 23, 1885, and April 29, 1892; in 1890, however, it did not appear until May 12, and in 1898 was first seen May 14. In the northern part of the state it is a week or ten days later. It nests usually in deciduous trees and at allheights from ten to sixty feet from the ground,the nest being sometimes saddled on a branchof about its own diameter and at other timesplaced in an upright fork. It is small, compact,deeply hollowed, and very neatly bu
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