_Empidonax minimus. Case 6, Fig. 44_
Smallest of the Flycatchers; like the Alder
Flycatcher its back is olive-brown rather than
olive-green; no evident yellow on the underparts.
L. 5-1/2.
_Range._ Eastern North America; nests from Iowa,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Canada; winters in
the tropics.
Washington, common T.V., Apl. 20-May 20; Aug.
13-Sept. 15. Ossining, tolerably common S.R., Apl.
25-Aug. 26. Cambridge, very common S.R., May
1-Aug. 25. N. Ohio, common T.V. Apl. 15-May 25;
Aug. 25-Oct. 1; rare in summer. Glen Ellyn, not
common S.R., chiefly T.V., May 4-Sept. 24. SE.
Minn., common S.R., Apl. 30-Sept. 13.
A Flycatcher of lawns and orchard, seldom going far from the tree in
which its nest with its white eggs is placed. A dry-voiced little bird
whose unmusical, but distinctly uttered _chebéc, chebéc_ makes up in
character what it lacks in sweetness. Between whiles he swings out for a
passing insect only to call _chebéc, chebéc, chebéc_ when he returns to
his perch.