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Mayhew
1947
Olive-sided Flycatcher
April 19
Wildcat Canyon, Contra Costa Co., Calif.
at 8:15 A.M. several were heard singing from the
tops of the surrounding trees. (-1). It sounds
very similar to the Valley Wren. At 8:45A.M.
one was seen at the very top of a eucalyptus tree.
Occasionally, he would sally forth after insects.
His breast was sharply divided into two grayish
sides by a very light line down through the
middle of the breast.
June 7
Strawberry Canyon, U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
at 9:13 A.M. one was heard singing, then was
seen sitting in the top-most branch of
eucalyptus tree — about 100 feet above the
ground. At 9:14 A.M. it made a foraging
flight out about 50 feet from the tree, then
landed on a limb on the north side of
the tree about 90 feet above the ground. It
remained out on dead limbs, so that there
was no foliage to obstruct its vision. It
sang a song consisting of 3 notes, the middle
one of which was considerably higher than the
other two (-1). At 9:19 A.M. it flew to the
top of another eucalyptus tree about 75 feet
from the first one. At 9:20 A.M. he flew out
about 100 feet from the tree, caught some
kind of insect, then flew back to the tree.