. Handbook of birds of eastern North America; with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature . the ground, beneath the roots of atree or imbedded in moss. Eggs, 4, creamy white, with numerous pale cin-namon-brown markings, chiefly about the larger end, 68 x 54. Date,Wilmurt, N. Y., June 10; Grand Manan, N. B., June 16, inc. adv. To see this little Flycatcher at his best, one must seek the northernevergreen forest, where, far from human habitation, its mournfulnotes blend with the murmur of some icy brook tumbling over mossystones or gushing beneath the still mossier decayed logs th
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America; with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature . the ground, beneath the roots of atree or imbedded in moss. Eggs, 4, creamy white, with numerous pale cin-namon-brown markings, chiefly about the larger end, 68 x 54. Date,Wilmurt, N. Y., June 10; Grand Manan, N. B., June 16, inc. adv. To see this little Flycatcher at his best, one must seek the northernevergreen forest, where, far from human habitation, its mournfulnotes blend with the murmur of some icy brook tumbling over mossystones or gushing beneath the still mossier decayed logs that threatento bar its way. • Where all is green and dark and cool, in some glenoverarched by crowding spruces and firs, birches and maples, there it iswe find him, and in the beds of damp moss he skilfully conceals hisnest. He sits erect on some low twig, and, like other Flycatchers, thesnap of his bill tells of a sally after his winged prey. He glides quietlyaway when approached, and his occasional note of complaint may beheard as long as one remains in his vicinity. During the migration Plate XIX. Flycatchers 1. Wood Pewee. 2. Acadian Flyciatclier. 3 Yellow-bellied , Alder Flycatcher. S. Least Flycatcher. FLYCATCHERS 345 this species is silent, and its several distinctive notes are not availablefor its identification, and the same thing may be said of our othersmall Flycatchers. Great similarity in plumage exists betweenthem all, and without the bird in hand, identifications are at bestquestionable. The song is more suggestive of a sneeze on the birds part than ofany other sound ^ith which it may be compared. It is an abruptvse-e}z, almost in one explosive syllable, harsh like the deeper tonesof a House Wren, and less musical than the similar but longer songs ofthe Alder or the Acadian Flycatcher. It is hardly surprising that thebirds sing very little when we see \\^th what a convulsive jerk of thehead the notes are produced. Its plaintive call is far more melod
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