FAMILY TyrannidcB 



the outside covered with lichens and the in- 

 inside lined with moss. 



^ Western wood pewee, Myiochanes rich- 

 ardsoni richardsoni. 6.40 



Distribution: Western North America 

 from Alaska to southern California, and from 

 the Great Plains to the Pacific Coast. Win- 

 tering southward over most of Mexico and 

 Central America to middle South America. 



The western wood pewee makes its home 

 in the big maples that are found about the 

 farm houses and barns in the open valleys. 

 The barnyard nearby, with its numbers of 

 flying insects, offers an inviting field for its 

 food supply, and one or more pairs of wood 

 pewees may be seen darting back and forth, 

 in and out among the buildings, snapping 

 up their unwary prey. The pewee's nest is 

 saddled on the top of a large limb. It is made 

 of fine grass, weed stems and bits of moss, lined 

 with plant down, cobweb and feathers, and the 

 outside is often decorated with lichens making 

 the nest look like a knot on the limb. The call 

 note of the wood pewee is a plaintive swee-air. 



Traill flycatcher, Empidona: trailli 



^ trailli. 6.00 



Distribution: Western North America 



from the Mississippi Valley to the Pacific 



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