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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 32. 



PHCEBE. 



Genus: Sayornis. Species: S. phoebe. 



Distribution: 



A common summer resident of New England, summering 

 more commonly in the southern portions. 



Date of Arrival: 

 April first. 



Date of Departure: 



Middle of October. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts brownish olive, darker on head; under parts pale 



yellow, flanks ashy. Bill and feet black 



7.00. 



Length about 



Song and Other Notes: 



A song, if so it may be called, uttered when poising on wing 

 in the air and a number of chits and lively twitters and 

 " pewit phccbe." 



Hau7its: 



Farming lands, about bridges and buildings and woodland. 



