Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored 



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456. Phcebe {Sqyornis pbcebe). L. 7. Ads. 

 Above grayish olive, crown blackish', outer web of 

 outer tail-feather whitish; below white tinged with yel- 

 low, sides of breast grayish; bill black. Yng. Green- 

 er above, yellower below. Notes. Pewit-pbaebe, pewit- 

 phcebe; call, pee, pec, rarely a flight song. 



Range. — Eastern North America, west to the Rockies; breeds from 

 South Carolina and western Texas north to Newfoundland and Man- 

 itoba; winters from North Carolina and northern Texas south to Cuba 

 and Mexico. 



459. Olive-sided Flycatcher {Nuttalornis borealis). 

 L. 7.4. Ads. Throat and middle of belly white with a 

 yellow tinge; sides and most of breast grayish; above 

 brownish gray with an olive-tinge, crown darker, the 

 feathers lengthened. Notes. Hip-hip or quilp-quilp, 

 less often a loud, emphatic tohip-pew-hip. (Head.) 



Range. — North America; breeds from Massachusetts (rarely), 

 northern New York, and Minnesota, northward to Alaska, south 

 through the Rockies and Coast Range to Mexico; winters in Central 

 and South America. 



460. Coues Flycatcher (Contopus pertinax pallidt- 

 ventris). L. 7.7. Ads. Below nearly uniform gray, 

 belly paler; above gray, crown slightly darker, the 

 feathers lengthened. Notes. A plaintive musical four 

 or five noted whistle with regular intervals and a 

 singularly human-like quality. 



Range.- Western Mexico, north to central Arizona; winters south 

 of United States. 



46 1. VJ ood Pewee (Contopus zirens). L. 6.5; W. 

 3.3. Ads. Above dark olive, crown blacker; below 

 dusky grayish, throat whitish, belly yellowish; lower 

 mandible yellowish. Yng. Greener above, yellower 

 below. Notes Pee-a-wee, peer and pee; all plaintive 

 and musical. 



Range.— Eastern North America, west to about Long. ioo° ; breeds 

 from Florida and Texas north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; win- 

 ters in Central America. 



462. Western Wood Pewee (Contopus ricbardsonii). 



Similar to No. 461, but above with usually no green- 

 ish tinge; below less yellow; under mandible brownish. 

 Notes. A nasal, rather emphatic pee-a. 



Range.— Western United States, east to about Long. ioo° ; breeds 

 from western Texas and Lower California north to Manitoba, Alberta, 

 and British Columbia; winters in Mexico and Central America. 



462a. Large-billed Wood Pewee (C. r. peninsula'). 

 Similar to No. 462, but smaller, W. 3-3! the bill larger, 

 length from nostril .42, width at nostril, .31; upper- 

 parts grayer. (Brewster.) 



Range.— Cape Region of Lower California. 



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