. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 345 crotch on rather horizontal branch of spruce or other coniferous tree; rarely in an orchard; from 10 to 50 feet from ground; rather small for bird of such size, and quite shallow, built of fine rootlets, small twigs and usnea and hned with moss and rootlets; a mossy saucer, usually set among a mass of fine twigs projecting from the Umb on which it rests; thus difficult to see from beneath. Eggs: 3, rarely 4; .80 to .92 by .60 to .68 in.; ovate; from cream to pinkish, spotted and blotched with shades
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 345 crotch on rather horizontal branch of spruce or other coniferous tree; rarely in an orchard; from 10 to 50 feet from ground; rather small for bird of such size, and quite shallow, built of fine rootlets, small twigs and usnea and hned with moss and rootlets; a mossy saucer, usually set among a mass of fine twigs projecting from the Umb on which it rests; thus difficult to see from beneath. Eggs: 3, rarely 4; .80 to .92 by .60 to .68 in.; ovate; from cream to pinkish, spotted and blotched with shades of chestnut, purple and lavender, usually wreathed about large end; much hke those of Wood Pewee, but larger; figured in Bendire's "Life Histories of North American Birds," Vol. II, Plate II, Figs. 15 and 16. Dates: May 27, Kansas; June 5 to about July 1, New England. Incubation: Period about 14 days (Bendire). One brood yearly. Range. ââ North America, Central America and south to central South America. Breeds chiefly in Canadian and Transition zones, in coniferous forests from central Alaska, southern Mackenzie, central Manitoba, northern Ontario, southern Quebec, and Newfoundland south to southern Cahfornia, northern Lower California, Arizona, New Mexico and central western Texas; also formerly to Kansas (casually) and now sparingly to South Dakota, northern Minnesota, central Wisconsin, central Michigan, southern Ontario, northwestern Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts, and south in mountains to eastern Tennessee and southwestern North Carolina. Migrates through mountains of Mexico and Central America. Winters from Costa Rica, casually southern Mexico, south to Peru, western Ecuador and Colombia; accidental in southern Greenland, and Bermuda Islands. Distribution in New England. â Maine: Uncommon migrant and more or less common local summer resident. New Hampshire: Uncommon migrant and occasional local summer resident, more or less common northward. Verm
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