. Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . nd an onionskin and shad scales in the nest, says John Burroughs, who callsthis bird the wild Irishman of the flycatchers. Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis) Flycatcher family Length^-] to inches. About an inch longer than the Englishsparrow. Male and Female—Tinsky olive or grayish brown above; headdarkest. Wings and tail blackish brown, the former some-times, but not always, margined and tipped with duskywhite. Throat yellowish white
. Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . nd an onionskin and shad scales in the nest, says John Burroughs, who callsthis bird the wild Irishman of the flycatchers. Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis) Flycatcher family Length^-] to inches. About an inch longer than the Englishsparrow. Male and Female—Tinsky olive or grayish brown above; headdarkest. Wings and tail blackish brown, the former some-times, but not always, margined and tipped with duskywhite. Throat yellowish white ; other under parts slightlylighter shade than above. Olive-gray on sides. A tuft ofyellowish-white, downy feathers on flanks. Bristles at baseof bill. Range—From Labrador to Panama. Winters in the tropics. Nests usually north of United States, but it also breeds in the —May. September. Resident only in northern part of its range. Only in the migrations may people south of Massachusettshope to see this flycatcher, which can be distinguished from therest of its kin by the darker under parts, and by the fluffy, yel- 74. Dusky, Gray, and Slate-colored Towish-white tufts of feathers on its flanks. Its habits have thefamily characteristics: It takes its food on the wing, suddenlysallying forth from its perch, darting about midair to seize itsprey, then as suddenly returning to its identical point of vantage,usually in some distended, dead limb in the tree-top; it is .pug-nacious, bold, and tyrannical; mopish and inert when not on thehunt, but wonderfully alert and swift when in pursuit of insector feathered foe. The short necks of the flycatchers make theirheads appear large for their bodies, a -peculiarity slightly em-phasized in this member of the family. High up in some evergreen tree, well out on a branch, overwhich the shapeless mass of twigs and moss that serves as anest is saddled, four or five buff-speckled eggs are laid, and bysome special dispensa
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