. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 208 BIRDS OF AMERICA saplings or bushes S to 20 feet up, iu deep woods; rather carelessly constructed of grass, bark shreds, weed fibers, cocoons and catkins and lined with finer grass. Eggs : 2 or 3. pale yellow-buff, boldly specked and spotted around large end with chestnut-brown. Distribution.— Eastern United States, north to Long Island, lower Hudson Valley, central New York, south- ern Ontario, southern Michigan, casually to Massa- chusetts and Connecticut; west to middle portion of Great Plains, from Nebraska to Texas; breeding south- ward to
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 208 BIRDS OF AMERICA saplings or bushes S to 20 feet up, iu deep woods; rather carelessly constructed of grass, bark shreds, weed fibers, cocoons and catkins and lined with finer grass. Eggs : 2 or 3. pale yellow-buff, boldly specked and spotted around large end with chestnut-brown. Distribution.— Eastern United States, north to Long Island, lower Hudson Valley, central New York, south- ern Ontario, southern Michigan, casually to Massa- chusetts and Connecticut; west to middle portion of Great Plains, from Nebraska to Texas; breeding south- ward to northern Florida and thence through Gulf States to Texas; southward in winter to the Bahamas and Cuba and through eastern Mexico, Central America, and Panama to Colombia and Ecuador. The Acadian Flycatcher is one of the tamest of the wood Flycatchers, but becatise of its fond- ness for thickets and soHtude, and its compara- tive inactivity, it is lii<ely to be overlooked. A North Carolina observer noted its apparent lik-. Photo by A. A. Alltii AN ACADIAN FLYCATCHER INCUBATING ing for rhododendron growths near streams in that State, and another observer found the bird plentiful and calling freely in the great Oketi- nokee Swamp in Georgia, where its preference for solitude must have been pretty thoroughly satisfied. It perches generally not more than twenty feet from the ground. Its common call- note resembles the syllable pcct and is uttered at brief intervals and emphasized by a flirting of the tail. Another note, which suggests the syllables K<icky-iip, seems to be articulated with some effort, with the bill elevated and the wings vibrat- ing. One observer refers to the " startling excla- mations and mysterious wing whistlings " of the bird; but the latter demonstration may be what Dr. Chapman refers to when he says: "A rarer note may be heard when the bird makes a short, fluttering flight. It resembles the soft murmur- ing of whistling ; Ori
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