348 Dinos OF lujxois. 



on the whole throat and breast ; the hind part of the back, rump, and 

 tail stronply fcrniginous." (Hist. N. Am. B.) 



The Pewee or Pluehe is one of that charmin':; coterie of the 

 featiiered tribe who cheer the abode of man with their presence. 

 Less numerous than the Chipping Sparrow, the Catbird, the Bam 

 Swallow, or even the Bluebird, there are still few farm-yards with- 

 out a pair of Pewees, who do the farmer much service by lessoning 

 the number of tlies about the bam, and by calling him to his work in 

 the moming with their cheery notes. 



Says Dr. Brewer : "This species is attracted both to the "vicinity 

 of water and to the neijiliborhood of ihvellings, j)robably for the 

 same reason — the abundance of insects in either situation. They 

 are a fiuniliar, conliding, and gentle bird, attached to localities, and 

 returning to them year after year. They build in sheltered situa- 

 tions, as under a bridge, under a projecting rock, in the porches of 

 houses, and in similar situations. I have known them to build on 

 a small shelf in the porch of a dwelling ; against the wall of a rail- 

 road station, within reach of the passengers; and under a projecting 

 window-sill, in full view of the family, entirely unmoved by the 

 presence of the latter at meal time." 



Sayornis say a (Bonap.) 



SAY'S PHCEBE. 

 Popular Bynonyms. Say's Pewee: Say's I'l>valiliir: Itoeky Mountain Pewoe. 



Mugcicapa saya Bp. Am. Orn. i. 1825, 3', pi. 2. (Ik. 2.— Nutt. Man. I. ISC. 277.— AuD. 

 Orn. BiOB. iv. WW, 428. pi. 359: Synop, 1839. 41: B. Am. i. 184U. 'Jl". pi. ;«. 

 Tyrannus aaya NuTT. Man. 2tl I'll. i, 184(1. 311. 



Sauornis sai/iis Baiud, B. N. .\m. 1858. 185: Cut. N. Am. B. 1858. No. 136.— C'OUKS. Key. 

 1872. 172: Clieek Li.st, 1874. No. 25i>: 'Jil ed. 1882, No. 377. Csaui"): B. N. W'. 1874. 240. 

 -B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. ii, 1874. :M7. iil. 45. flc. 3.— RiDOW. Nom, N. Am. B. 

 1881. No. 316, Csaui") 

 Hab. Western North Amerieii from the Great Plains to the Paeiflo. north, in the In- 

 terior, to latitude 60°; stracKllnB oast to Miehiguu. Wiseonsiu. and northern Illiaois. In 

 winter, south to Vera Cruz, Mcxieo. 



"Sp. Char. Above and on the sides of the head, neclc, and hreast. (trnyish brown, 

 darker on tlu' erown: region about the eye dusky. The ehin. throat, and upper part of 

 thi- breast similar to the back, but rather lighter and tinged with the eolor of the rest of 

 the lowi'r parts, which arc pale cinnamon. Under wing-eoverts i)ale nisty whiti'. The 

 wings of a rather deeper tint than the back, with the exterior vanes and tips of the nuills 

 darker. Edges of the greater and seeondary coverts, of the outer vane of the outer 

 primary, and of the soeondaries and tertials, dull white. The upin'r tail-eoverts and tail 

 nearly black. Edge of outer vane of exterior tail-feather while. Bill dark brown, 

 rathi'r paler beneath. The feet brown. Second, third, and fourth <iuills nearly eiiual; 

 fifth nearly eciunl to sixth: sixth mueh shorter than the tifth. Tall broad, cmarginate. 

 Tiu-sl with a posterior row of scales. Length, 7 inches: wing, 4.30; tail, 3.35. 



