_Empidonax virescens. Case 8, Fig. 60_
Throat white, upperparts bright, light
olive-green, without tinge of brown as in the
Alder Flycatcher.
_Range._ Eastern North America; rather southern,
nesting from Florida north to Connecticut and
Michigan; winters in the tropics.
Washington, common S.R., May 1-Sept. 15. Ossining,
common S.R., May 10-Aug. 27. N. Ohio, common S.R.,
May 4-Sept. 15. Glen Ellyn, not common S.R., May
6-Aug. 27, and probably later.
On the low-sweeping limb of a beech over a stream is an ideal site for
the frail nest of the Acadian. The bird is never found far from it and
its low-ranging habits permit us to see its characteristic markings and
hear its peculiar sudden, explosive little _pee-e-yúk_ and more commonly
uttered _spee_ or _peet_.
The creamy white, brown-spotted eggs are laid the latter part of May.