. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 2IO BIRDS OF AMERICA LEAST FLYCATCHER Empidonax minimus (IV. M. and iT. F. Baird) A. O. U. Number 41,7 See Color Plate 68 Other Names.— Cliebec ; Sewick. General Description.— Length, 5 inches. Upper parts, brownish-olive : under parts, whitish. Color.— Above, plain brownish olive, the feathers of crown darker centrally; tail, grayish-brown, the feathers passing into light brownish-olive on edges; wings, dusky, the middle and greater coverts broadly tipped with pale grayish-brown, sometimes nearly white on tips of greater coverts, forming two distin
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 2IO BIRDS OF AMERICA LEAST FLYCATCHER Empidonax minimus (IV. M. and iT. F. Baird) A. O. U. Number 41,7 See Color Plate 68 Other Names.— Cliebec ; Sewick. General Description.— Length, 5 inches. Upper parts, brownish-olive : under parts, whitish. Color.— Above, plain brownish olive, the feathers of crown darker centrally; tail, grayish-brown, the feathers passing into light brownish-olive on edges; wings, dusky, the middle and greater coverts broadly tipped with pale grayish-brown, sometimes nearly white on tips of greater coverts, forming two distinct bands; the secondaries edged with the same or with dull yellowish-white; a broad dull white or ycUowish-ivhite cyc-ring; lores, dull whitish suffused with dusky, especially near front angle of eye ; rest of side of head and sides of neck similar in color to upper parts, gradually fading below into dull white of chin and throat; rest of under parts, dull white, tinged with pale (primrose) yellow posteriorly, the chest and sides shaded with pale grayish-brown, this deepest on sides of chest and sides of breast; under wing-coverts, pale yellowish-white; inner webs of wing-feathers edged with pale dull buffy; bill, dusky brown; iris, brown. VouNLi: More olive. Nest and Eggs.— Nest: Placed in fork of sapling, occasionally on horizontal limb; a compact, neat struc- ture of very fine gray bark, fibers, dandelion down, hair, and feathers, lined with fine narrow grasses and a few feathers. Eggs; 2 to 4, pttre white or with a faint hudy tinge unmarked. Distribution.— Breeds from west-central Mackenzie, southern Keewatin, Quebec, and Cape Breton Island south to central Montana, eastern Wyoming, central Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and in the AUeghenies to North Carolina; in migration west to eastern Colorado and central Texas; winters froin northeastern Mexico and Yucatan to Panama and Peru ; accidental in West Indies. As its name indicates, the Least Fl
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