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[[underlined]] Chastura pelagica. [[/underlined]]

Fairly common about farmhouses near Arcola.  Chimney swifts were seen at Warrenton, also on June 5 and 9.

[[underlined]] Archilochus colubris. [[/underlined]]

Abundant in the region south of Arcola.  Humming birds were seen daily flying across the cultivated fields to visit flowering vetches.  [[strikethrough]] O [[/strikethrough]] ^[[ I ]] n the pine woods they worked about the tips of the branches examining the needles, passing quickly from tree to tree.  In deciduous growths they came to visit oak trunks and branches, where the sap, oozing from small incisions, had attracted small dipters and other insects.  At times three or four individuals would gather at the same tree and squabble fiercely over the right to feed.  One such tree that I watched on several occasions was visited only by males.  Another tree that I found on June 8 was frequented at that time by females only.

[[underlined]] Tyrannus tyrannus. [[/underlined]]
Fairly common near Arcola.

[[underlined]] Myiarchus erinitus. [[/underlined]]
Common in the wooded areas about Arcola.

[[underlined]] Myiochanes virens. [[/underlined]]
Common in wooded areas.  Heard calling throughout the day.

[[underlined]] Empidonax viresoens. [[/underlined]]
Fairly common in low woods.  Males were calling at intervals.