. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . Fig. Fig. Fig. MEMBERS OF THE FINCH AND SPARROW FAMILY. 254 ACADIAN FLYCATCHEB Acadian Flycatcher : Empidonax virescens. Upper parts olive green ; throat white ; rest of under parts white,washed with yellowish and greenish ; two conspicuous yellow-ish white wing bars. Length, 5f inches. Geographic Distribution.—Eastern United States; breedsfrom Florida and Louisiana to southern Connecticut and south-ern Michigan ; winters in West Indies and Central America. What distinction and flavor the dis
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . Fig. Fig. Fig. MEMBERS OF THE FINCH AND SPARROW FAMILY. 254 ACADIAN FLYCATCHEB Acadian Flycatcher : Empidonax virescens. Upper parts olive green ; throat white ; rest of under parts white,washed with yellowish and greenish ; two conspicuous yellow-ish white wing bars. Length, 5f inches. Geographic Distribution.—Eastern United States; breedsfrom Florida and Louisiana to southern Connecticut and south-ern Michigan ; winters in West Indies and Central America. What distinction and flavor the discovery of anew bird gives to a day in the woods, and howthe event is stamped in the memory ! I can recallthe very hour and spot when I saw my firstAcadian Flycatcher. It was in a delightful openwoods with straight, liigli, arching trees border-ing a quietly sauntering stream in the HudsonRiver valley. We were idly enjoying the Maybeauty of the woods, when suddenly there came aloud call ofpe-ah-yuh\ and, before I could evenimagine what it was, my companion had disap-peared up stream, and wh
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