Song of the Gray Flycatcher
Journal
Condor
Volume
26
Issue
5 (September-October)
Year
1924
Pages
195
Section
From Field and Study
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Song of the Gray Flycatcher
On May 26, 1924, while crossing the Indian Reservation between Klamath Falls and Lakeview, Oregon, my attention was called to the song of an Empidonux in some small pines in rather open dry woodland. The notes were decidedly more emphatic and vigorous than the songs of either the Wright or Hammond flycatchers. I wrote them down chi-weep, chiweep. After observing the bird for a time, I shot it. Mr. Grinnell has confirmed my determination and pronounces the bird Empidonax griseus. If the notes heard from this bird are typical, the species when in song can readily be distinguished from its congeners.
Ralph Hoffman
Carpinteria, California, July 18, 1924.
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