WOODLAND BIRDS. 



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No. 33. 



WOOD PEWEE. 



Species: C. virens. 



Genus: Contopus, 



Distribution: 



A summer resident of all New England. 



Date of Arrival: 

 Last of May. 



Date of Departure: 



INliddle of September. 



General Plumage: 



Similar to the preceding species, wings white barred. Bill, 

 upper mandible black, under pale, feet black. Length about 

 6.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A drawling " pewee " and other soft whistles and querulous 

 notes. 



Haunts: 



"Woods, rarely to be met in thinly wooded tracts. 



