_Myiarchus crinitus. Case 7, Fig. 5_
The reddish brown tail-feathers may sometimes be
seen and the crest is usually evident. L. 9.
_Range._ Eastern North America; nests from Florida
to Canada; winters in the tropics, reaching
Florida on its northward journey in March.
Washington, very common S.R., Apl. 20-Sept. 29.
Ossining, common S.R., May 7-Sept. 12. Cambridge,
rare S.R., May 15-Sept. 11. N. Ohio, common S.R.,
Apl. 25-Sept. 15. Glen Ellyn, not common S.R., May
1-Sept. 18. SE. Minn., common S.R., Apl. 25.
A character of the woods distinguished alike by appearance, voice and
habits. His crested head seems too big for his body; his exclamatory
whistle, which sounds like a shout above a monotone of conversation, his
habit of always lining his nest with a cast-off snake skin, all mark him
as an odd genius. Even his wife's eggs, with their long chocolate
streaks, are quite unlike any other birds' eggs. They are laid in a hole
in a tree in May or June.