Pewee WESTERN BIRDS 



forming it outwardly of moss; but using no mud; and 

 lining it with various soft materials. The female lays 

 five white eggs; and the first brood leave the nest about 

 the middle of June." 



The call is a plaintive one which in the solitude of the 

 forest is almost dismal. Wilson translates it as peto 

 way; Chapman as pee-a-wee. All day long the bird 

 drawls out its sad, sweet song, unmindful of the heat 

 which checks the ardor of other singers. They are soli- 

 tary birds; never found in flocks. 



Like the other Flycatchers, the Pewee is a gleaner of 

 insects. All day long and as long as there is any light 

 he is darting back and forth snapping up these pests, 

 the click of his mandibles and his plaintive pee-wee, 

 pee-e or pewittee, announcing his presence when the dusk 

 hides his form. 



GENUS MYIOCHANES : WESTERN 

 WOOD PEWEE. 



Western Wood Pewee: Myiochanes richardsoni 

 richardsoni. 



FAMILY— FLYCATCHERS. 



The Western Wood Pewee breeds from Alaska to 

 Lower California, spending the winter south of the 

 United States. In plumage it is quite like its eastern 

 cousin, being somewhat darker above, the shading of 

 the sides reaching almost uninterruptedly across the 

 breast; belly whitish; markings on wing not so con- 

 spicuous; wings and tail slightly longer. The young 

 have the wing bars more pronounced. 



While the western bird seems not averse to mankind 

 and has been known to build near human habitations, 

 he is not quite so friendly as the eastern bird, preferring 



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